5 Cells, the time is now!! Or atleast by 2008
#271
Ha ha! I must still be buzzed from all that traction compound!
I dunno' Nitro doesn't eat money for me I guess.. Carpet racing and on-road has to cost more. All those foam tires buzzed down? We stray further off topic.. Sorry.
I am surprised that nobody else seems to think voltage regulation is as good an idea as I do. It would do away with the battery war and I think that's one of the appealing things about nitro, from the least expensive engines to the most the power difference is not very large (not like weak cells vs. top notch ones).
I dunno' Nitro doesn't eat money for me I guess.. Carpet racing and on-road has to cost more. All those foam tires buzzed down? We stray further off topic.. Sorry.
I am surprised that nobody else seems to think voltage regulation is as good an idea as I do. It would do away with the battery war and I think that's one of the appealing things about nitro, from the least expensive engines to the most the power difference is not very large (not like weak cells vs. top notch ones).
#272
Tech Addict
Come see us for WinterFest in December. We've had factory guys race it in the past, and I hope to get them back again.
Racers wanna race and manufacturers wanna sell stuff. I used to race and now I sell stuff, and the racing will always be #1 for me although I do gotta pay the bills.
#274
Tech Addict
#275
Tech Fanatic
iTrader: (11)
"I have talked with many people in the industry, and they all agree 1/10 RC should go to 5-cells. And not just mod tc, every discipline and every class, stock to mod. I agree. Right now, 6 cells is 7.2v and 2s Lipo is 7.4v no big deal. But 5 cells is 6.0v, the right range. There is no way to get Lipo in that range. It is simply 3.7 or 7.4.. to little or too much...lose-lose. The real change to reduce cost all around... tire wear, cheaper battery, longer motor life, longer electronics life, ect. ect..."
First paragraph brought up the lipo comparison. I may be a blithering idiot, but at least I have reading comprehension...
#278
Tech Master
iTrader: (13)
The real meat of the thread is in this quote
This is all I will say on the subject. I don't get in to blithering arguements.
#280
Tech Fanatic
iTrader: (11)
If you actually read what he said, you will notice that he says that the diff between 6 cells and Lipo is no big deal and that there is no way to get lipo in to the 5 cell range so that kind of rules the kipo vs non-lipo relevance out of the arguement.
This is all I will say on the subject. I don't get in to blithering arguements.
This is all I will say on the subject. I don't get in to blithering arguements.