What a joke... it's about time!

Back at the end of last year, ROAR (US governing body) announced that LiPo cells would not be allowed to be used at their sanctioned events as a power source. Well 6 months on and it seems that ROAR has changed its opinion of the new cells, as well as brushless motors, by announcing that the 2007 ROAR Off Road Electric Nationals has added a LiPo/Brushless demo class. What is interesting about this demo class is that it is for 1/10th 2wd trucks, all brushless motors are allowed and the A-main final will be 20 minutes long.

It's about time someone figured out there is more time racing to be had outside the club level. Too bad they don't have the balls to just change the format and start racing. Reminds me of the 2 year development of the neckcar " Car of Tomorrow "... named after a popular Disneyland ride. Is change for the r/c market that scary? I guess I should be congratulating ROAR but I'm not sure that I've ever seen or met anyone from ROAR in Utah...

Lipo is the future even though I don't own any cells yet. But the day will soon come where Lipo is the standard and some new hot technology will have to be "tested".