Lipo's not roar legal

[rchippie]

If you race your rc's in a roar sanactioned race , you cant use your lipo batteries. They made the descistion to make lipo's ileagel to use. This blows because i was very strongly considering usig a 4s pack in my BL mbx 5 buggy.

[BrianG]

I wonder why? Is it because of the "unfair" advantage due to reduced weight and high power, or is it because of the safety issues?

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by BrianG

I wonder why? Is it because of the "unfair" advantage due to reduced weight and high power, or is it because of the safety issues?

Brian from what i read it's both.

[nbcaznmaster]

lol, thats fine! limn IT IS! or maybe some m1 cells?

[BrianG]

nbcaz; Are you sure they aren't eliminating all Li battery types?

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by BrianG

nbcaz; Are you sure they aren't eliminating all Li battery types?

Good point, in sure if they are outlawing lipo's all the others would be to.

[glassdoctor]

Another aspect of the lipo issue is that each individual cell would have to be approved just like nickel cells.

For example... maxamps has their 4400mah nickel cells... they are not roar legal...
in fact I don't think the IB4200/GP4300 had not been approved yet at the last roar race I was at this summer.

So even if/when lipos become legal it will only be the cells on the list that have been approved.
With the turnover rate of cells we see, and the # of sources they come from... this would be a fun game to keep up with. :)

[nbcaznmaster]

wow....LETS START OUR OWN LEGUE! SPECIFICLY FOR ELECTRIC BRUSHLESS/LIPO! we'll call it....i have no clue what to call it!

[BrianG]

Good idea! Since "ROAR" can be considered a cutesy name for gas engines (for the sound they make), maybe we can call our league "ARC", which can stand for Any R/C. Kinda makes sense in a way; "arc" as in electric "arc"ing...

I know, that wasn't very good.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Good idea! Since "ROAR" can be considered a cutesy name for gas engines (for the sound they make), maybe we can call our league "ARC", which can stand for Any R/C. Kinda makes sense in a way; "arc" as in electric "arc"ing...

I know, that wasn't very good.

We can call it

LAL = Lipo's are leagel
Lag = Lipo's are great
LABA = Lipo's are bad a**
LAC = Lipo's are cool :cool:

Actually brian ARC sounds pretty cool

[coolhandcountry]

I wonder about li ion though.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by coolhandcountry

I wonder about li ion though.

Me to leroy. The rule i read said lithium polomer batteries. It did not specificly say lithium ion or litium maganese. or the m1 cells.

[crazyjr]

I would assume that if one is illegal, then all are illegal. this is only for packs in cars, power and reciever alike, not for transmitter as far as i can tell

[MetalMan]

Here's my opinion I posted on another forum:

Originally Posted by tcolesen

That is a really retarded decision... ROAR is effectively causing the RC industry to slow down technological improvements. It would be like the military not allowing the use of a new "super-smart" bomb because it is superior to the rest of the "smart" bombs... I really hope a number of tracks who have followed ROAR begin to stray from these unbelievable rules.

[glassdoctor]

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