Originally Posted by TimPotter
Maybe I am crazy, but isn't this going backwards with the higher voltage. I mean the cars are damn fast with 4.8 volts. Pushing 7.4+ volts through the car make it crazy fast.... wear more and break more. Didnt 1/10 pan die off becuase only a very few drivers could accurately control the missles as they were 6 or so years ago ?
Tim - I actually agree with you. A 7.4V lipo pack is just too fast to actually race with. I do not support that we start racing with this much voltage with a 1/12 scale. I did it for the "what if?" factor. The fact that everyone who tried it was grinning ear to ear was worth the effort.
My next experiment will be to try a 3.7V lipo in a 1/12 scale. I could rewire the 4.0 Ah 7.4V lipo that I have in there right now into a monster 8.0Ah 3.7V pack. It would be like running a 3 cell NIMH with super low IR. Hopefully the speed will be decent. I guess a receiver pack will be a must.