Originally Posted by
RCHR
If efficiency is what your looking for than you should be a lot higher than 11.1 volts right? 36 and 48 volt are becoming the norm in the Industrial Electric vehicle industry. In fact if the voltage was currently at 11.1 or 18, wouldn't this topic come up about going to 36v or 48v? What do you feel the limit should be? How efficient does a setup need to really be?
I use 10S lipos and 10S A123 with my 1/8 scale truck. I'm also having some ESC being built especifically for HV 1/8 scale buggy and truggy use. I have designed chassis as well that will be for HV use as well. I only said 11.1V for 1/10th scale, but I'm using 4S now in my 1/10 truggy and I'm having a blast. I have also designed 2 chassis for 1/10 scale that will be for lipos only. One will use the 2200 to 2500mAh packs and the other is for the longer (up to 150mm length) packs. When I get the chassis here with me I'll post pictures.