Originally Posted by
zenithrr
lipo normally decreases its capacity yearly by 10-15% whether you use it or not. and the high output one have more active chemistry characterizes, so expert it has more % decrease rate over the year.
about lipo is buy it and use it as hard as you can. time is what kills them.
But this should just affect the "full" point, not the rate at which energy is pulled out of the cell.
Unless there was a large difference in the charge state at the start, or significantly more load on the pack, 2x is a big difference.
A couple of questions...
How were they geared?
Was one significantly faster than another?