Flat A123 Cells- When?

[Finnster]

Yeah that's not quite accurate. I ran last years bash on 10s1p and only used up 1600mah. The power was still too much with the 2Y so I later detuned it to 9s, and think I could have gone down from there. Besides its not just weight you are looking at with the A123s, its many other adv and tradeoffs as well. Granted with the newest 30C/5C charge lipos they don't quite have the edge they did, but they are still really good cells for certain apps, and are excellent bashing packs due to their abuse tolerance and durability.

[tc3_racer_001]

umm, they dont get dented? thats one thing im still waiting on for lipos. the ability to get dented and be fine.. not talking about extra cases here, the outside layer would be the -ve ideally...?

[stum]

Originally Posted by tc3_racer_001

umm, they dont get dented? thats one thing im still waiting on for lipos. the ability to get dented and be fine.. not talking about extra cases here, the outside layer would be the -ve ideally...?

They have had hard cased lipo's out for over a year.. just a FYI on that.. LOL thats not an extra case you need to wrap the cells together when in series.. doesn't matter the type a123 or lipo, you wrap in shrink or in a hard case. You want protection buy hard case, if you are smart enough to have a decent battery tray with good hold downs... it doesnt really matter which you go with.