ROAR 1/8 ELECTRIC Off-Road class!!!!
 

Looks like some news about to break. Check out the very botom of the page here of the latest ROAR meeting minutes. It talks about the "newly created 1/8 electric offroad class"

It also talks about 4s battery dimensional specs for the new class. Looks like 4s only. Kinda disapointing.

http://www.roarracing.com/downloads/...ng_Minutes.pdf

Leave it to roar to crush our hopes and dreams with only 4s.

This catches my attention though.
• 4S and higher testing equipment approved for purchase for the lithium technology approval lab.

hopefully it means more voltage



Or at least make an Unlimited E-class

I raced in the RC Pro Series and I was allowed to run 6S
I hope they don't see this as "The Rules" now as I just spent $300 on new 6S batteries :diablo:

I have it from good sources that the ROAR rules for 1/8 electric are already written and agreed apon. SHould be published very soon the way I understand it.

I agree with you starscream. I'm hoping RCPro comes up with some more racer friendly rules. 4s will seriuosly hamper this class IMO. I sent RCPro an email asking them about 1/8 electric for 2009 and they said they were working on it but they werent sure what they were going to do yet. This was a couple days ago so if you want specific rules I would say send them an email telling them you are interested in the class and what you think the rules should be and why.

With the 160mm length limit on 4S, it just threw out the most common 4S packs most of use.

Once ROAR finally have the rules out alot more batteries will be out on the market

is it limited to 4s because Novak has limited their ESC's to the same? :whistle:

just wondering...

The HV Pro is actually supposed to be able to handle 5s.

I'd imagine you'd run 2s on the BEC side and 3s on the non BEC side...

I would assume the same.

It is my desire that ROAR doesn't regulate Lipo to hard-cased packs... Otherwise I think we know who would be responsible for that :cough: Losi :cough:

That would be the best way. However, you can run a single 4S or 5S pack but you have to use an external bec and arming the esc is tricky as you have to power up the receiver then turn the esc on and then back off.

I was also told that 5S on the HVPro runs very hot. I only have a single 5S pack so I decided to just run 2x2S packs to be safe. I ran the HV Pro last Sat and it was pretty solid, runs hot, but a solid system. It doesn't seem to have as much torque as my mmm/neu though.

Good luck with that... you can bet the farm that it will be hard pack only.

Its a paranoia rule made to satisfy an insurance company and it has no basis in real world safety, but... its in place now so we will probably have to live with it forever.

Good news for me is my local track doesnt enforce ROAR rules and alows soft pack lipos in the 1/10 classes and in the 1/8 that run there. Funny thing is they will be hosting the ROAR 1/8 offroad natioanls this year.

I'd love to know why ROAR feel they need to limit pack dimensions. They know full well that there isn't yet a standard size for any kind of pack above 2S in voltage, and limiting dimensions is just being difficult IMO. Just slap a maximum capacity on there, and have done with it.
What possible difference does it make what dimensions the packs are, as long as they don't exceed a maximum capacity? Doesn't surprise me that they've decided to stick with 4S, too. I dread to think what they're gonna do about motors...

Trust ROAR to stifle any kind of variety and flexibility in this new class.

This is GREAT news!
I'm impressed that ROAR is accepting 8th scale electric as of 2009!

ROAR SUCKS! and the guys that run the rc proseries are a bunch of dicks also, they wouldnt even let me run in the intermediate class with my xray. if they limit it to 4s and put pack dimensions and hardcase rules they can kiss most of the guys would be a "series" racer because thats not what we run, and nobody in there right mind would waste alot of money DOWN grading their electonics so they and race in ROAR, it should be plain and simple rules or it will never work its actually like they are trying to prevent the class from turning into somthing big.