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[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by mobile chicane

Heard a roumour today that the brca are concidering making 10th off road 5 cell and that 7.4 v lipos wont be allowed

As Jim Spencer is tired of saying - "You are the BRCA". The BRCA isn't a secret organisation that decides what rules to impose on the drivers, the rules are chosen and proposed by all the members then those members attending the AGM vote on which rules they want to keep and which rules to reject.

If someone proposes 5 cells and the majority vote it in then you'll be racing 5 cell next year. Alternatively if someone proposes 10 cells or 3s lipo and the majority vote it in, again that is what you'll be racing. It's entirely down to the members, not the committee.
Look at the bikes, they have been running soft cased lipos for years because the racers wanted it and voted for it. If you want lipos then rather than talk about it in various forums someone should propose it at the AGM and see whether the majority vote for them.

And Lipo is current technology, A123 Li-Ion is the future

[b4rs]

its all right for you sponsored lot! us un sponsored sods have buy all our own equipment.
which means a full new set of 5c batteries.
never mind slower cars etc.

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by b4rs

its all right for you sponsored lot! us un sponsored sods have buy all our own equipment.

and us sponsored Lot ! still have to buy equipment also ....

[Lee]

Sponsor

Whats one of them

[b4rs]

wraggy, dont you get most of your stuff free? from your sponsors?

[RLGfx]

you'll find very very few drivers who actually get any stuff free, let alone all of it!

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by b4rs

wraggy, dont you get most of your stuff free? from your sponsors?

i dont get anything Free , i am shop sponsored so i can basically run what equipment i want (which is good) but still pay for everything but with a little discount .

[telboy]

too right. not all the sponsored drivers get stuff for free, just discounts.

My latest order for stuff cost me around £250 and there was only 6 or so items on there and most of them were spares.

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by b4rs

its all right for you sponsored lot! us un sponsored sods have buy all our own equipment.
which means a full new set of 5c batteries.
never mind slower cars etc.

If your that worried a 5 cell pack is just a 6 cell pack with a cell missing ..... disconnecting a cell should be easy enough, even in a stick pack!

[Northy]

Originally Posted by telboy

too right. not all the sponsored drivers get stuff for free, just discounts.

My latest order for stuff cost me around £250 and there was only 6 or so items on there and most of them were spares.

Small fry Mine was £600

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[Chrislong]

I hate spending the money, but when it arrives - its like Christmas!

To save money, I could rebox some new stuff I have lay around and post it to myself.

[Lee]

thats like mr bean at christmas.

I love getting new toys, but its the face off her indoors when she sees me opening up packages

[b4rs]

it is ace getting stuff in parcels from the postman. as long as you odnt have to go collect it form the post office lol.

sorry guys, i thought you sponsored gys got alot of stuff free from your sponsors, as if to show, " look what im winning with!" and then people go buy it. obviously not...

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by b4rs

sorry guys, i thought you sponsored gys got alot of stuff free from your sponsors, as if to show, " look what im winning with!" and then people go buy it. obviously not...

Nevermind Alex.. your partially right, people do say "look what I am winning with" (sponsorship is about a heck of a lot more than that), but that doesn't mean they are getting anything free.

[Northy]

Bovered?

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[mobile chicane]

whoops my typo I heard it had been proposed to the brca.


how do I vote against it seing as I'm a paid up brca member ?

[peetbee]

Originally Posted by mobile chicane

whoops my typo I heard it had been proposed to the brca.

how do I vote against it seing as I'm a paid up brca member ?

Assuming that it has been proposed, you need to attend the AGM and vote!

[antnee]

Schumacher would need to have another version of the Cat SX too!!

[MattW]

I can't really see 5 cell coming for off rd. There really is no point. For touring car racing, it has worked IMHO (as a touring car racer!), but for off rd, no really point i don't think.

I may try it some time and se how it is. For 2wd, i can't see it making any real difference, you'd just drop the odd wind or so, and all would be well.

[frogger]

Why would anyone still want to race with NIMHs with all the benefits that lipo's bring. Hopefully sometime soon enough people will wake up to lipo technology, demand will increase and all this 5 cell nonsense will go away. And while we are at it why not increase race times to 10mins!