Originally Posted by
smojoe
alright 12th guys, we need to talk...
...about lipo
I would really love to race 12th this coming indoor season, but won't be if I have to run packs that I have to monitor like a baby. and thus, you thoughts
my thoughts:
would rather run two cell so that I can still use my GTB (voltage cut-off) and not have to run a receiver pack. but then we run into problems: if a 12th stock car on 4 cells is faster then a tc stock on six cells, how fast will the 12th stock be with six cells? I am guessing somewhere around a 15 turn motor, which is a little much for me. I see that novak has a new 17.5 motor which may drop that 4cell equivalent.
also, if we are to "agree" on a type of pack, it would have to be able to fit in both saddle and straight chassis. May or may not be a big deal
Its going to be tough to figure out what BL motor to run. To keep it inexpensive at first I would suggest running a silver 540 Mabuchi motor. With 2 cell LiPo you will probably still be faster than 4 cell NiMh stock.
More people are testing 1 cell LiPo (actually 2 2000 or 2200 cells in parallel to get 4000-4400mah) and run a more agressive motor like a 10.5 to 5.5 to get the speed back up depending on what speed that want.
Josh Cyrul told me a guy at his track is running 1 cell LiPo with a 3.5 in Mod 1/12th and he is just as fast as the 4 cell NiMh guys running 9-10T BR or 5.5 BL.