Hinckley Radio Control Car Club

Just found this product on Novak's website...

http://www.shopatron.com/product/part_number=5474/135.0

due to be released later in March.

With the BRCA annoucement regarded approval of 1S LiPo from April 2009 (see link)

http://www.brca.org/BRCA/elecboard/news ... %20pdf.pdf

This might be what everyone currently running 4 cell NiMH has been waiting for

What do you reckon?

James

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That is for boosting the voltage to your radio gear so that it's running at 6 volts, if you try running your esc and motor through it I doubt it would last very long, those wires are very small.

Hi James,

Yes I know...perhaps I should have made myself clearer. The issue with 1S LiPo is the voltage for running the electrics - this gizmo will solve it.

As for the voltage to the motor, that shouldn't be a problem provided the club allows lower turn motors.

For example:

A 5.5T brushless motor kicks out about 420W from a 7.2V pack - now if you recall your Physics lessons at school you'll know that power = voltage x current. For the purpose of this example let's ignore the variation of motor efficiency with voltage and assume the load on the motor is the same - therefore halving the voltage will also halve the power output.

That being the case...210W will be more than enough to run a V12 or 1/12th pan car.

Hence my post...

Ahh I follow now, these could be useful in making the move to the new cell technology then.

Exactly...

Finding decent 4 cell NiMH packs at a reasonable price is difficult...in comparison LiPos are readily available and cheap.

Just wondering what everyone else thinks...perhaps something for the autumn season.

Hi James

If the justification is cost, why don't we just run a 2 cell lipo, these are commonly available, cheap to purchase, and we don't need a booster card.

we can then use existing motors, electrics, etc, etc. Didn't someone once say "lets keep this simple".

Hi Rich...

Yes I think that was Gazza...

Unfortunately I don't think 2S will fit in a pan car...but that might be the way forward for Mardave...certainly would be quick. I remember running the original mini stock outdoors at Coventry GEC Sports Ground with 7.2V packs...great fun.

James

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OK the 7.2 1800 lipo's we tried at xmas were cheap and very good but wern't hard cased, we should stay well clear of these, however I did hear I think Bob Burr say that someone has done a hard cased 7.4 lipo for a Carisma. If we can find the size of these they may fit a mardave and that could be a way forward.

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