[EricH]

Originally Posted by yash101

Living in the middle of Arizona, a desert, I am probably unlikely to find Snowmobile Designers?

You can find them in some unlikely places (though I admit that I don't see any registered teams from anywhere south of Illinois). And remember, there's this wonderful invention called the Internet, which can help you connect with folks who actually have winter. (As a matter of fact, I remember having a couple of folks from Arizona on my Aero team--which worked in the same room as the Snowmobile team--during my final year of college in South Dakota, one of whom may have graduated from your FRC team--I can never keep 1164 and 1165 straight.)


As far as safety, AFAIK, they're pretty comparable as long as you don't do anything utterly stupid. The risk of flammability is a bit higher, but not nearly as bad as LiPOs. If you're shipping them, you have to have someone who's registered to do that, though I don't think that'll be too big of an issue if you're not shipping them. Charging is more of common sense--use the right charger, and make sure it stops when it needs to.