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Old 08-07-2008 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by caltek1
My view regarding the performance between Lipo's and NiMH's in a Mini is that the NiMH's provide more initial voltage and better acceleration. This equates to the performance of the NiMH battery to be better over a five minute race than a Lipo. This is using either a 4200 or 4600 NiMH battery pack.
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Due to the diferrence in performance, would u reckon that LiPo users ought to be allowed to run their cars below the minimum weight in order to compensate for the power loss and for a level playing field? Just curious...

I have seen the top guys running NiMh charged at 9.0 amp! Truly phenomenal and absolutely no way for any LiPo to match that...Disregard the need for the proper chassis balancing etc, what i have witnessed is that no matter what, the good drivers will always overcome it some way or another with a lighter chassis equipped with LiPO

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