I did... but it was 1/8 scale glow back in the mid 70's.<br><br>
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<div>How many of you E-heads ever raced R/C cars competitively? Just curious. </div>
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<div>John Pavlick<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 3/19/09, Rex <i><<a href="mailto:trexlesh@msn.com" target="_blank">trexlesh@msn.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br></div>
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<div>I'm the guy that submitted the info that got bashed... lol<br>As I was told, the reality of the charges in the batteries we use today, <br>only receive about half of the charge they can actually take, because of the<br>
crystaline structure inside... I suppose that's what some of this quick charge<br>structure is eluding to. The article I read stated that scientists have figured out<br>how to get a better charge structure so the batteries will actually fill with charge.<br>
This would more than double the mAh of the battery. They had already been using<br>this technology on their own laptops and cell phones, and were getting twice the <br>run time.... <br>I read a few of the other articles attached to the link you provided... They elude<br>
to exactly what I was talking about. If all of this is indeed going to be available to<br>us in the near future, most all of our electrical problems using batteries will be <br>eliminated, except we will have to adjust by using bigger, more powerful motors and<br>
esc's.... Wouldn't that be horrible? lol<br>At the NW model Expo in March, a guy came to the NSRCA booth and began talking <br>about all of this, stating that his son was working on this technology. Pretty much <br>
everything that he talked about was somewhat discussed in the articles.<br>Pretty exciting, but it's like everything else... we are only going to see and hear<br>tidbits of what's going on. They need to dangle the carrot, to get investment <br>
capitol. <br> <br>Rex<br> <br><br> <br>
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From: <a href="mailto:joddino@socal.rr.com" target="_blank">joddino@socal.rr.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org" target="_blank">nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org</a><br>Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:28:00 -0700<br>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Fwd: New fast charge battery<br><br>A buddy sent me this and I know it has been discussed here but.... I read the comments at the time and couldn't figure out why you guys were dismissing it so quickly. It seems to me it is exactly what we need. To charge and discharge fast you need extremely low internal resistance and we like that, so our voltage doesn't drop under high current loads. More power to the motor. Instead of 80 Amps at 35 volts you might get 95 Amps at 41 volts. At that point we might need better motors and ESCs but the batteries wouldn't be the limiting factor in the power train. It is definitely a step in the right direction. Any comments?
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<td valign="top"><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 3/16/09, George Romain <i><<a href="mailto:gromain@dslextreme.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">gromain@dslextreme.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
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Subject: New fast charge battery<br>To: <br>Date: Monday, March 16, 2009, 7:40 PM<br><br><pre>New Batteries
<a href="http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ultra-high-power-lithium-ion-battery-charges-in-seconds_100165457.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health/ultra-high-power-lithium-ion-battery-charges-in-seconds_100165457.html</a>
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