ORIGINAL: msu68stang
..but I remember LiPos have had a history of bursting into flames...
Sorry to say, but your memory isn't quite accurate. There's about a bzillion of us out there using lipos without issue - just come to one of our indoor electric events where lipos are all that we use, and we have never had one "burst into flames."
Kurt
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