Originally Posted by
Danny/SMC
So let me get this right some of you think that 7.4V should be considered in 12th scale ?
The capacity would be 2400 at most.
Originally Posted by
tfirsching
I know that in oval racing, 7.4 lipo 21.5 and 4 cell NiMh 13.5 are very close in lap times. I'm not sure how well this info applies to 1/12 road though.
Originally Posted by
jiml
Well, tested anyway.
I don't think 2400mah with a 21.5 motor should pose a runtime issue in a 1/12 car, I would like to see some actual run data to back that up tho...
I can also see a pretty big downside to it... for mod, runtime WILL be an issue... not so big a deal in and of itself, it could restore some sanity and strategy to mod, but it could also (and more likely) lead to another battery war where manufacturers make more and more fragile cells to cram more capacity into the 1/12 size battery cases... pretty soon it's the LiPO of the month club, followed quickly by the exploding LiPo of the month club... We don't need that. It could do to LiPO what it did to NIMH... it might be better to learn from the past instead of just repeating it.