Originally Posted by SlowerOne
Changes to capacity are not changes to technology..........
LiPo is simple now because no one really uses them. If you legalise them, you will march down the same selection/matching/cycling road we have now, and the prices will go up. Like anything made, they will go off, and they will require regular replacement - just look at the battery in your mobile (cell) 'phone, which lasts 12-15 months at best with its original performance, in regular use, and that's with low currents and charge rates!
There's a reason LiPo isn't going to take over - just ask yourself why you can only buy them from fringe suppliers to RC, and only one main RC supplier? When you have that answer, you'll know why they won't be adopted for RC on a wide scale.
First, some would argue quantum leaps in existing technology....from way back in the days of 600mAh NiCds to 4600mAh NiMhs,
IS a change in technology. But that is semantics.
Second, there is next to no difference in voltage from the good products to the best. The beauty of Lipo is it provides a very flat voltage curve (flat?) over its capacity. Once you have "enough" power, there really isn't any advantage to be had with spending more money matching. Cells literally can be .01 volt apart with a good battery (not an insanely expensive battery) and be returned to that balance with a balancer that costs all of $40.
It is the future. The sport and industry need to embrace it.