RC Pro Series showing LiPo cells some love

Carlton over at the RC Pro series dropped us a mail to give us a heads up about the new regulations for the Electric Off road classes for their Winter series. The new rulings declare that LiPo are essentially allowed for all classes but Stock, which is cool, and whilst in the Brushless Truck Class and 1/18 Open there are no limitations in MAH, in the Mod 4wd, Mod Truck and Mod Buggy there is a cap of 4300 MAH on the cells used.

After being outlawed by ROAR it’s good to see a major race series adapt a sensible non alarmist ruling and allow the opportunity for anyone who wants to run LiPo’s to be able to do so by running in modified class.

You can read the rule changes after the jump…

Brushless Truck Class and 1/18 Open
1. Lipo batteries are now legal with no MAH limit. Voltage limit is 7.4v. NO built in or add on items of any kind to alter voltage.

Mod 4wd, Mod Truck and Mod Buggy
1. Brushless motors are now legal for all mod classes.
2. Lipo batteries that conform to the maximum 4300 MAH set for the 2007 will be legal for ONLY MOD classes. Voltage limit is 7.4v. NO built in or add on items of any kind to alter voltage.
Examples of legal Lipo packs
Orion 3200
Peak 3200
Apogee 3800

Stock Buggy/Truck, Mod Buggy/Truck and Mod 4wd
1. New MAH limit will be 4300mah. This includes Lipo/LiMn for the Mod classes.
2. NO Brushless motors in stock classes.
3. NO Lipo/LiMn in stock classes.

Source: RC Pro Series [rcprosites.com]