Originally Posted by
SlowerOne
Sorry, but we don't need to talk. We do not need to agree to anything. 12th is a great class because it is stable, and the advent of LiPo is of interest to TC and Off-Road, but not to 12th. Our numbers are rising fast, and no one wants to have the conversation about LiPo.
If you are worried about NiMh cells being finicky, then buy EP cells, and learn to drive better to make up the difference you will find in speed, or race a 3.5 BL and have no issues with speed.
Stop thinking about LiPo, it won't find much support around the 12th scene. It is expensive for people who have invested a lot of money in NiMh. The attraction of 12th is that you can use a 19T motor and any cells and make an A final if you are any good. 12th is about driving, not equipment, and that's why we don't need to talk about LiPo. We need to talk about BL, but that's another story... HTH
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and it is in my opinion that you are wrong.
lipo may not be the future, but the future for Ni based cells doesn't look good. Unless the guys you race with agree on what cells to run, someone is going to show up with WCs with 1.24xV, whether the voltage is legit or bull. It may be that have wandered out of the 12th section because I have a touring car, but a large percentage of the good drivers have good equipment, so for us that have neither talent nor money, lipo looks good.
The old "if it ain't broke don't fix it" mentality only goes so far. If the world as we knew it stayed like that, I would be writing this on a stone tablet. It wouldn't be fun writing on a stone tablet, but I have no imagination for what could be better, and thus it is the best thing period. I have a problem with dishing out $100+ bucks twice a season to stay competitive. To me, the NiMH batteries of today are broken. I would break out the old GP 3700's but those were long ago put in a recycling box because I didn't think the next generation of cells would be junk. "Oh, mr. smojoe, but EPs aren't junk!" I could care less what people think about them; they are heavy, costly, and have a shelf life of meat left out of the refrigerator.
This is one 12th scale racer who is getting out of 12th because technology is labeled as "not needed." To which I say, got back to your dial-up internet and 64mb of ram