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Old 08-19-2008 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by rezenclowd3
I've seen the A123 cells in an 8th buggy, and honestly it was quite unimpressive. It would not come close to finishing our 20min main and it had an unimpressive top speed and acceleration. The users lipo was MUCH better, and ran about 18 minutes vs the 4-5 of the A123 cells. They were MUCH too large as well compared to the lipo.
A123 sucks in the performance end... It is all about the safety of it...
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