Originally Posted by
Ambros303
Most people seem to think that running LIFE will give them a full 10% advantage in speed and torque. This is not true. A good NiMH pack when fully charged will be ~6,5 volts under load and will slowly go back to 6 volts. When it gets lower then 6 volts its as good as empty and will drop to 5 volts pretty quick and then collapse. A LIFE battery starts at 6.6 volts under load and will slowly go back to 6 volts aswell, under 6 volts its pretty much empty and will loose power quickly aswell. Only difference i can see with LIFE is that it will stay at round about 6.6 volts for longer so the average voltage will be higher over its discharge (but not very much).
Ofcourse its much lighter which is the biggest advantage of LIFE imo.
not true... first off my LiFe starts at 6.8V or 6.9V (so my charger says) and then after a few tanks of practice, three 5 min quals with 2-3min warmups and a 30 min main, my LiFe pack still has 6.45V in it (checked with voltage meter).... the servos stay stronger and faster longer instead of a constant drop off like with NiMh... i believe life drops the speed by .01 and probably adds about 15oz/in of torque or more. LiPo does put out more, but ive seen to many of them swell up and burn and seen a few cars whole electronic system burn up due to LiPo...