Well I hate to say it but I'm going the other way here.But with good reason.The esc.The Novak ss ESC can not withstand the amps that the lipos can provide to see a big improvement from .Between my SPC 6c 4600 nihm and SMC 5200 lipos there is very little difference in speed using this controller.You can tell a slight difference in punch though.Throw the same batterys behind the vxl esc with the same Novak motor and the speed difference is much greater.
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His "proof" was a clearly biased (and obviously incorrect) graph showing NiMHs doing better than some FP (IIRC) cells of equal capacity
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.Brian I know the graph of which you speak
I do believe it to be accurate.However they are the best nihm cells that I have ever seen ran.But I also wonder about how they would perform on a higher discharge with momentary delays to let the voltage recover,if that would net better performance from the lipos.I have a pair of the matched sport packs from there ,and there performance is very close to my Hecell 4000mah 25c lipos.Running both in my Emaxx with an 8xl and MM The nihms pull 39,the lipos pull 40,gps verified.The lipos feel a little punchier,but that could be from weight.Now my SMC's pull 43 with the same setup,and feel way better everywhere.My point is ,there is no doubt that lipos perform better,generally.But the cheaper lipos,compared to quality nihms,they are much closer then I ever would have believed,before I ran the 4600 cells.Also if your other equipment is limited to 30 amps,well then you have other problems besides needing quality lipos.