Re: Whats this guy up to?

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I have a micro rs4 and browse through the HPIforum quite a bit and they are adding capacitors to thier esc’s (elecrtonic speed control) to get a “punch” when racing. They say it gives them a boost in acceleration. The idea is to have the ‘cap’ charge up and give off all the stored electricity very fast. So imagine you are coming into the turn and you let off the throttle and coast through. But while you were coasting through your cap charged up and when you hit the throttle you will get a pulse of electricity that is of a higher voltage. Many people have had good results with this on thier micro rs4’s. And if you think about it it makes sense. ie: you charge up a huge cap (size of a tin can) then touch both contacts to to a screw driver (or any other conductive object) and you have arc welded a cap to your scewdriver. Just a word of CAUTION using the wrong cap has FRIED electronics so be carefull. If you want a different explination you can D.A.S. in themicro rs4forum section at http://www.hpiracing.com/

Please take this info with a grain of salt (i could be (probably) wrong)