2008 INTERNATIONAL INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS "IIC" LAS VEGAS
08-07-2008, 05:41 PM
#1201
make sure there are enough of those go fast ice cream bars to get me a 9.9 lap
08-07-2008, 06:20 PM
#1203
I just read the rule book and it says the only lipo warming that is legal is to stick it down your pants........the temp will be checked in tech......if it exceeds 98.6 deg's you will not be allowed to run.
08-07-2008, 06:23 PM
#1204
^^^^^^^^ THAT WAS A JOKE^^^^^^^^^^^
I will check on it syndrome.
I will check on it syndrome.
08-07-2008, 06:23 PM
#1205
It was actually this guys daughter.. http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthread.php?t=121907 Charlie is one awsome painter thats for sure.. Seems like he passed some talent on to his daughter 
08-07-2008, 07:44 PM
#1206
Thanks Josh. The reason I ask is because if warmers are disallowed, but the batteries aren't teched for temp, people are surely going to charge at 12A to get heat in them. That's WAY more dangerous and detrimental than stuffing it down your shorts an hour before your race.
It's a little bit of a bummer that the info is coming out now. That's one of the things that helps LiPo be more comparable to NiMH in low-amp racing.
It's a little bit of a bummer that the info is coming out now. That's one of the things that helps LiPo be more comparable to NiMH in low-amp racing.
08-07-2008, 08:06 PM
#1207
Thanks Josh. The reason I ask is because if warmers are disallowed, but the batteries aren't teched for temp, people are surely going to charge at 12A to get heat in them. That's WAY more dangerous and detrimental than stuffing it down your shorts an hour before your race.
It's a little bit of a bummer that the info is coming out now. That's one of the things that helps LiPo be more comparable to NiMH in low-amp racing.
It's a little bit of a bummer that the info is coming out now. That's one of the things that helps LiPo be more comparable to NiMH in low-amp racing.
The only reason I say this is.. It seems the same things that make lipo dangerous are the same things that make nimh dangerous..
08-07-2008, 08:11 PM
#1208
08-07-2008, 09:13 PM
#1210
I thought warm lipos are bad!
08-07-2008, 09:25 PM
#1213
08-07-2008, 09:30 PM
#1214
Thanks Josh. The reason I ask is because if warmers are disallowed, but the batteries aren't teched for temp, people are surely going to charge at 12A to get heat in them. That's WAY more dangerous and detrimental than stuffing it down your shorts an hour before your race.
It's a little bit of a bummer that the info is coming out now. That's one of the things that helps LiPo be more comparable to NiMH in low-amp racing.
It's a little bit of a bummer that the info is coming out now. That's one of the things that helps LiPo be more comparable to NiMH in low-amp racing.
Heating the pack with a heating pad will have the same effect as heating it through charging, and it is safer-er. - But don't quote me on that, you burn your face off, it's your fault.
08-07-2008, 10:09 PM
#1215
I have charged a lipo at 12 amps (purely experimental, in a bunker, etc). At the end of the charge the pack was actually cooler than when it went on. The GFX which is capable of charging at 12 amps reduces the amperage as the charge nears completion. This keeps the pack cool for almost the whole charge. If the pack is creating heat while charging, there is something wrong. Heat is created only when you cannot cram any more electrons into the pack and you keep charging it. Because the cut-off is 8.44v, it never hits that point.
Heating the pack with a heating pad will have the same effect as heating it through charging, and it is safer-er. - But don't quote me on that, you burn your face off, it's your fault.
Heating the pack with a heating pad will have the same effect as heating it through charging, and it is safer-er. - But don't quote me on that, you burn your face off, it's your fault.