Originally Posted by party_wagon

The problem w/ sub c cells is that you have to push them to their absolute max to get the best performance out of them. This is not true for lipos. I do not want to race in an inviroment where a guy can spend $500 a week on batteries & actually gain an edge because of it. Instead I want to race in an enviroment where your top of the line $200 lipo pack can be set up to perform at the max and then be re used 500+ times, not a 10 amp charge for 3 cycles and then trash them.