2008 Off road, Lipo

[mark christopher]

will it happen for regionals and nationals?

wada u all tink?

[paulc]

i hope it does happen

[Lew]

Would be nice.

[losixxx]

can't see it myself

[PaulRotheram]

cant see it happening either.. too many cars that cant use them.

[TRF_Tastic]

Nope me neither.

[DCM]

got to get construction rules first, then a lot of cells will be illegal...

They go bang you know (had to put that it.... roflol)

[Chris Doughty]

did you all hear about the exibition class at the US Mod nationals?

LiPo class for their trucks, 20 minute finals, most of the factory drivers raced it, I quite like the idea of long finals... ?

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

cant see it happening either.. too many cars that cant use them.

saddle packs will be available, the only cars are the ones with a non stick/sadle layout, nimh would still be legal or cars change to suit.

no tc is is designed to run 5 cells but they are!!

[DCM]

if it were to happen, then there would need to be new scrutineering processes in place and strict weight regulation.

[dan_kitty]

lipo would make my life so much easier at regonals where i race 2 clsses on the same day.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by DCM

if it were to happen, then there would need to be new scrutineering processes in place and strict weight regulation.

so what would change from now? dont cars get checked? what would need to change?

[burgie]

There are not that many cars that can't use them - probably only the X-Factory cars and the Atomic Carbon Car.

You can get Li-Po saddle pack cells, and they fit inside an X10, so if they fit in that they will fit in the other cars that run saddle packs.

As for the x-factory and atomic carbon cars, I would guess that those manufacturers are either working on a chassis that will accept Li-Po packs easily or will be able to engineer a solution. Because the Li-Po's are so much lighter than Ni-Mih I think that the weight distribution issue could be addressed with the minimum of fuss.

If the customer demands cars that will run li-po, and i am sure they will in a very short space of time, if they become "legal" then the car manufacturers will listen and they will release chassis/conversions to accept li-po. Either that or loose business.

Personally, I would love to see Li-Po's made legal in off-road. I love 'em!

[OldTimer]

Max amps can produce Lipo's that fit the S4

[dan_kitty]

the x6 can take lipo i believe

[Sabben]

Originally Posted by DoughtyUK.net

did you all hear about the exibition class at the US Mod nationals?

LiPo class for their trucks, 20 minute finals, most of the factory drivers raced it, I quite like the idea of long finals... ?

The motor and esc will get very hot if you're driving in 20min. I notice that my brushless system gets quite hot after a heat/ 5 min. Or am I wrong?

[burgie]

Originally Posted by OldTimer

Max amps can produce Lipo's that fit the S4

Dude! That's one car that's back into the Li-Po equation then!

Originally Posted by dan_kitty

the x6 can take lipo i believe

I know the X6 can, but not in the way that the chassis was designed - the X6 takes the cells in a "conventional" way straight across the middle, with plenty of room for weight in the "2-cell" position, but the chassis was designed to take the cells primarily in a 4+2 configuration for better weight distribution with the mid motor setup, as i understand it.

[dan_kitty]

true, so i guess irt would be a comprimise then,

[burgie]

I don't see why you couldn't do that - you need to make up around 200g if you run the team orion "carbon" cells, so you may as well put the weight where it is central, i suppose.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by dan_kitty

true, so i guess irt would be a comprimise then,

yes lipo accross car balast to bring up to weight in the slot where the two cells would have been