Interesting proposals for IFMAR AGM
IFMAR, the body responsible for governing r/c racing’s six different World Championships, will hold its AGM at the up coming 1:8 On Road World Championships in Lostallo, Switzerland, and Red RC have received copies of two interesing proposal’s that will come up for discussion. The European Federation of Radio-Operated Model Automobiles (EFRA) has put forward a proposal that the use of Lithium based batteries (LiPo) be included in the World Championship for 1:10 ISTC Electric On-Road (touring car) and 1:10 Electric Off-Road. The prosposal from EFRA goes into full technical and labelling details for the 2 cell 7.4V packs and recommends a maximum capacity of 5500maH. On the grounds of safety they also outline requirements for charging including only the use of CC/CV (Constant Current/Constant Voltage) charge profile and the pack being charged to a maximum output voltage of 8.40 volts.