Originally Posted by
schurcr
Smjoe and OD, yes I plan on running LiPo this winter. I've been talking to Josh as well and he gave me info on someone running 1S-2P(????) two packs in parallel for increased capacty running 3.7v and a receiver pack with a GTB & 3.5.
I'm actually the one that was running the LiPo 12th at Josh's. They work fine and you can fit a 12 cell saddle pack into a 12th pretty easily. The pack that I ran was made from 2 Maxamps receiver packs and had about 5100mAh. That's 1S 12P I think 1 series 12 parallel.
It was just enough to drive a 3.5 hard for 8 minutes.
Like anything else, LiPo has good and bad things to bring to 12th.
The good things are running a single pack all day and light weight that gives less tire wear.
The bad things are price, slower speeds, reciever pack is a must, and longer charge times. The pack I ran was about $100 with shipping and I had to take them apart and resolder (aluminum tabs suck btw).
I doubt that many people will look at single cell voltage because it's slower for a given wind. Anything that slows the class down (especially the stock guys) is met with fierce resistance.