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BrianG · 11.20.2009, 04:23 PM

From what I have seen with pretty much ANY competitive sport where an organization strives to level the playing field is that people find ways to unlevel it again. This 1s lipo rule seems to me to be one of those. It's a lot like the old car audio competition days where people used "cheater" amps designed to run down to 1/2 ohm loads. Yeah, the amp may be rated at 20w into 4 ohms, but run it down to 1/2 ohm and you get 8x the power. Really, the only way to make things fair for everyone and not rely on how much cash you can throw at it would be to specify the exact battery, ESC, motor, suspension, etc to use. Basically, give everyone carbon copies of the same car and the only thing you can do it tweak the suspension for handling. That's it. What's next; the 1 NiMH cell class?

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	11.20.2009, 04:23 PM From what I have seen with pretty much ANY competitive sport where an organization strives to level the playing field is that people find ways to unlevel it again. This 1s lipo rule seems to me to be one of those. It's a lot like the old car audio competition days where people used "cheater" amps designed to run down to 1/2 ohm loads. Yeah, the amp may be rated at 20w into 4 ohms, but run it down to 1/2 ohm and you get 8x the power. Really, the only way to make things fair for everyone and not rely on how much cash you can throw at it would be to specify the exact battery, ESC, motor, suspension, etc to use. Basically, give everyone carbon copies of the same car and the only thing you can do it tweak the suspension for handling. That's it. What's next; the 1 NiMH cell class?