Originally Posted by
wallacengineeri
Basically what has happened is because LiPo has been around for about 2 decades at this point, the technology has progressed to where the highest quality cells can be SAFELY subjected to overcharging, its really that simple.
Not completely unlike the "pushed" cells we ran back in the late80's and early 90's.
Originally Posted by
wallacengineeri
You know what though, despite the fact that LiPo "C" Ratings are completely made up and despite the fact that LiHV is kind of just a lie, sort of???... Regardless we should all be happy that LiPo technology has progressed this far. Because what this means is more power and more capacity in a smaller package, and that means a higher power-to-weight ratio.
We all know what a higher power-to-weight ratio gets you - More speed.
I do kind of laugh when people complain about the cost these days. We used to pay $60-80 per pack and could only use them once per week and we got less than a season out of them. If you were going to 3-4 big races per year, you were spending $1000+ on batteries to have a couple new ones at each race.