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Originally Posted by lincpimp
Well, I could go into the fact you guys are racing with some of the worst designed motors on the planet... But I guess I can skip that part.
Anyways, 1s lipo is dumb when you could run 3s lipo, and a motor with 1/3 of the kv and do the same thing. Plus you could run a lighter battery with less capacity and have less anp draw and voltage drop. If the traction really is unlimited more power can be used.
I do not race, and have not raced on carpet, but I do know electric rc. I understand that you guys are stuck with roar (or whatever) rules and that you can only use certain motors. The fact you are working around this by using 1s lipos (and most likely not maxamps) that are very high quality does show that there are people with some creativity. The principle of what you are doing is a bit off, and the rules need to be changed to allow for that. Just making stuff work is not always the best way to go.
This is why I do not race. The rules can never keep up with the technology (as indicated by this 1s esc that has an advantage) so as usual the deepest pocket usually wins. I am glad to hear the smarter people are making do with a much cheaper esc (mmp) but that does not change the overall issue I have.
As long as you are having fun nothing I think really matters!!! It is just a hobby and should provide some relaxation! Please do not take my comments as anything other than my skewed beliefs, and I hope I have not insulted you in any way, as that was not my intention.
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Some people like to race. In order to do that we need two things: Rules and people to race with. The wye-wound 2 pole, iron stator motors typified by Novak and others may be a bad design, but they are good enough to race with when everyone is using that same style of motor. "Just making stuff work" is what keeps people around who
don't want to spend money on the latest and greatest. So that's what the racing organizations do - make stuff work.
It doesn't really matter if rules keep up with technology. In fact, for the people who
don't have deep pockets, it is better that the rules don't keep up with technology because old tech is usually less expensive that new tech (MMP being an exception).