Quark fried, blown capacitor...

[BrianG]

Both... sort of. Lipos have a lifetime no matter what. I understand they will last longer if the caps can help them run more gently, but they still will "go bad" eventually. How many more cycles will you get running with and then without the caps? I know you don't know since no one has done any kind of test like this. I can see a longer lifetime, but not sure how much longer.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a technology nay-sayer; it's just that I don't use something for an application just because it exists. However, if it works, and has economical and performance benefits, I'm all over it.