I know in touring cars, in MOD, and 19T alot of people run 5cell, and you gear up to get the speed back, it makes the car easier to drive in the infield, and lots easier to make consistent lap times... I run lipo now, but used to do 5 cell, and it worked very well

So after it caught on on TC, lots of people do it in off road now (more so in 2wd) But they do it in 4wd also

So I guess the same thing could apply with a MT

Maybe for racing, but I would never go back to 3s, the added heat and power loss is not worth it. I am actually getting sick of 4s, 5s is so much better. Personally battery technology needs to get alot better before lower voltage systems will work, and then hv will still be better! More voltage and less current is just plain better. I know that it can get to a point where there is too much power, but that is where diver skill comes in. Being able to out power a competitor (with the same driving skill) may just win you a race!

Im just pointing out thats probably why tekno is doing that.....

IMO a 3s MT sounds weird, but if your racing and it makes you win, I guess why not?

I dont race off road, so im all for HV

I race my truggy on 5s. I like it a lot. I also did some practice laps with 6s, much faster, but still controllable.
My transmitter comes with this new trigger thing that's just come out. It lets you vary the throttle input to the car while your driving, instead of having on off power. It's quite amazing, it lets you drive a fast, powerful car without having to use full power all the time. :sarcastic:

I have been racing my buggy on 5s also. Its great as long as you set up the esc with some punch control to help keep everything in line and are running a proper kv motor. I can run a 15 minute main on a 5s 4350mah pack and still have a reasonable runtime safety margin. It rarely even pulls over 50A peaks. The whole system is barely warm after the whole race.

I personally think people that say they are harder on their system racing over bashing are doing something wrong. When I'm bashing i am geared higher and mashing the throttle much harder than when racing. Racing requires control. Bashing is just seeing how hard you can push everything. I am much harder on my motor and esc when bashing IMO.

Patrick, I also have that new feature on my controller. It allows me to run my 75 mph touring car in my parking lot for fun! Hv is the way to go, battery weight is not a concern as it is the same if you are geared for ther same top speed and runtime, you are just trading voltage for capacity. I actually intend to run my plett maxximum on 4s in a crt.5 just to see. I wil gear it for 45mph or so and see how it does. I will never go back to 3s unless it is a very light 2wd 10th scale, that is it.