Originally Posted by
trailranger
Al-dente,
I have been testing some Sub-C Li-Ion cells and I am impressed with the cells.
If these cells were to make it mainstream today pretty much 1:12 would either have to drop race times to 5min and work the weight issue or go back to the 6-cell designs and no changes needed to the weight.
Don't worry about the 6-cell taking up too much space, the Tekin RS should be here soon. I hear they are the size of a Quantum2 ESC. I'll let everyone know on sunday when I see it installed.
The speeds are comparable to having a 19t setup for the first half of the race then tapper down to 27T at the end. If I were to be running a 2S3P (6-cell) pack the speeds would average higher the whole race. Right now I just run 5-min with the 2S2P pack on 13.5. A 17.5 should make it for 8min but I sold my 17.5.
This is what I like to see. Too many people have ideas or opinions and are not willing to try it themselves. If something ever were to change in 1/12th scale, it's only going to start with someone trying something crazy. Keep up the good work man. I might try the 1250mah lipo I use for my crawler in a 12th scale with a 21.5 BL. We'll see how bad I rock the local boat with that.
