by stallard
You guys and others pointed out how we would all save money if we switched to HV, Crazy posted his setup as an example but I pointed out that it was almost twice as expensive.
I showed my setup because the thread was asking why, not because it was cheap. You are right, its expensive to start, But in the long run it should be cheaper. The parts are higher quality (No offence castle) and the quality is what makes them cheaper in the long run. also the fact that its running at half the max RPM's and peak draw is under the 25c rating(20c =50 amps, mine pulls about 40 amps on eagletree. I understand that cost (now more than ever) is a consideration, but the question was for why only 7volts. I just wanted to show my experiment for the HV argument, I never meant it to be an argument. This is not to change rules, but some looser clubs could run this with the 2s electrics and even Nitro's without any problems.
Just so you know, My 2s powered T4 with 4600MM is in fact faster than this truck. This one could be faster, but i need a taller gear than i had. With the right gearing i could pull 50 easy out of this, But it might go beyond the batteries limit