VTA for this up coming season

[BigRed]

I hope there is a 5000mah limit.

I think the battery limit stays

[Godzilla]

Who has any d3.5 anymore. Should have sold them a long time ago.

[BigRed]

Who has any d3.5 anymore. Should have sold them a long time ago.

It was legal for the electric series Jeff. I ran mine all summer. Good beater motor for the kids.

[Godzilla]

Yes that a good use for the motor.

[letrbuk]

I'm not sure if I'll run VTA this year but if we went to 25.5 why would we not stick with the 5000mah max on the battery. Isn't the point of a spec class to keep the racing close. If guys go out and buy 7000mah packs obviously they will have an advantage.

[BigRed]

I would like to see the 5000mah packs stay, but it's not the mah that will make a difference it's the "c" rating of the pack. The only advantage of a higher mah is the possibility of not having to re-charge the pack for a club race . Plus you have to remember the the 25.5 will only draw so much. The 10.5 Orion in my buggy only pulls about 1500mah for a 6 mn race and that's out of a 4100mah pack .

[letrbuk]

With more mah don't you retain a higher voltage over the run? My understanding is theres really no way to compare c rating from one manufacturer to another. I think mah is pretty much equal across the board though.

[joezjr]

When I ran vta I just ran a top of the line shorty. It was very punchy and it was legal. There are ways around everything

[BigRed]

The higher milliamp pack shouldn't be an advantage. If you were pulling 75% out of a 5000mah and I ran a 7000mah then maybe. But if we're only pulling around 1500mah on a 5000mah or 7000mah there should be no advantage.

[letrbuk]

So in 1/12 scale if I ran a 5600mah and you ran a 7000mah battery there would be no difference?

[NickLavato]

12th scale runs 8 min so yes there would be a difference there. Sinclair is our electronics expert Im sure he'll weigh in at some point.

[WIITA]

If you are required to get to the same weight with both batteries, a 7000 would have the advantage assuming the battery chemistry is the same. More mah just holds voltage longer. We see it go up every year in 1/12 and the average discharge voltage follows.

[jsinclair]

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[joezjr]

If you're not charging @ 30 amps or more your mah won't matter. You'll be losing anyways

[letrbuk]

That sucks I can only charge at 20 amps.