'Good' lipos vs others

[Sammus]

Well I kinda imagine oval running as driving at a pretty constant speed - how close am I? Only my motor gets warm at a constant speed. Constant speed has pretty low current draw, I think your going to stress the batteries a little more in high current draw applications, like constant hard acceleration and hard braking (if using esc brakes), which is why I'm hoping to hear a comparison from someone who has tried both in similar driving situations.

I've got plenty of speed out of the thing, I kinda like it how it is, but I might try dropping a tooth on the pinion and see how it goes.

[nativepaul]

Hehe sorry, my mind was in english mode not thinking I was posting on an american forum, I forgot that in the states if I say oval racing you probably think of nascar with mile+ long ovals where they take the (banked) corners at 200 mph with no braking and little acceleration required, in europe full scale oval racing is done with stock cars on a flat track of similar size to a running track with hard breaking to slow and sideways corners and hard acceleration to about 100 down the straights.

A two pin oval the size I run is not constant speed but hard acceleration followed by hard braking and a sideways corner repeated at very short intervals, I doubt there is a way to punish your gear more than doing the same with traction compound on your tires, my peak amps are around 120 under acceleration but runtime is a better indication of how hard you are pushing things, 10 mins from my 4350mah pack is 4.35x60/10=an average current of 26.1 amps, what runtime do you get on your 4000mah packs? If its more than 9.2 mins my average current draw is higher.

[Sammus]

Originally Posted by nativepaul

Hehe sorry, my mind was in english mode not thinking I was posting on an american forum, I forgot that in the states if I say oval racing you probably think of nascar with mile+ long ovals where they take the (banked) corners at 200 mph with no braking and little acceleration required, in europe full scale oval racing is done with stock cars on a flat track of similar size to a running track with hard breaking to slow and sideways corners and hard acceleration to about 100 down the straights.

A two pin oval the size I run is not constant speed but hard acceleration followed by hard braking and a sideways corner repeated at very short intervals, I doubt there is a way to punish your gear more than doing the same with traction compound on your tires, my peak amps are around 120 under acceleration but runtime is a better indication of how hard you are pushing things, 10 mins from my 4350mah pack is 4.35x60/10=an average current of 26.1 amps, what runtime do you get on your 4000mah packs? If its more than 9.2 mins my average current draw is higher.

Cool that sounds fun, surely there are better suited cars than a buggy for it though?

I havent yet put a whole pack through the crt, the one's I have just got warm in short bouts of testing. Will have to time it soon though.