s7jstep1

i have a feeling this thread is going to get locked soon. its turning into a nitro vs electric thread

Longhair

I'm surprised that it lasted this long given the title of the thread.

sheograth

It is really sad that we are doing this again.

Nothing "sucks". Everyone should just drive/sail/fly whatever he or she wants to. - The bottom line is to enjoy the hobby.

The_Shark

ditto

the only thing that sucks is a broken r/c[)] electric, nitro, gas, it sucks....

drevil

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Now you're just using logic. We will have none of that here!

My Name Is Brad

nitro owns electric in every way.

**** electric.

Troopermanaic

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No we cant have any of that here.

sloppyG

except for speed, nobody cares about speed

Velocity-8

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I've owned nitro and electric planes, helis, cars, boats and motorcycles. The only thing that sucks is people with this kind of attitude.

Troopermanaic

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belive brushless is breaking 70mph now while nitro, if you remember a few years back HPI came out with a road car that broke 100mph+

The_Shark

bye bye thread

its going to go soon i can feel it

the worlds fastes car was a electric pan car, that did some odd 123MPH on brusheless. i had a pan car, got it upto 73 with just good gearing and a 9turn quad mag motor.

drevil

My Feedback: (5)

Actually Nic Case holds the official record of 134.4 mph which he made with a Team Associated Nitro TC3 which was converted to electric. He has actually gone 160mph with another car (2wd electric) but crashed at the end of the track making it unofficial. There was a rule that stated if the car couldn't run after the run it was unofficial. That rule was actually meant to stop anyone from trying to run a car they knew wouldn't run again (rocket car, etc) There was a bit of argument about whether Nic's 160mph run should be official or not since the rule wasn't really meant to disqualify drivers who broke during the run. However RCCA (the magazine that holds the event) stated that they were going to keep the 134.4mph run as the official record and next year they'll force all competitors to make a backup run to prove it was legitimate.

The_Shark

s' still electric.

Troopermanaic

My Feedback: (7)

I guess it dont really matter because I like to run my nitro when I have gas and money but when I am bone dry and outta gas I like to whip out the electric rustler which is almost undestructable.

adam-69

haha i didnt even bother to read most of this thread but had to comment on the title....
i am 100% a nitro lover, would never buy a electric over a nitro, and even i laugh at the idea of saying electric sucks....yehh being the most powerfull, fastest and easiest powersource is rubbish haha. [&:]

rcmaster123

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I like nitro better.

savtraxx

exactly

robg68

I have to chime in here, I've new to the sport after more than 30 year of ATV off roading. I thought I needed something safer since I'll be starting dental school soon. I bought a vxl rustler for my self and a xl-5 for my daughter. I got the maxamps battery (5000, 11.1v) and hyperion changer 11.1V. And even though it is fast, I almost feel rediculous pulling out an electric, It feels like a toy. I hear nitros and I want to kick my self in the *****. I bought my rustler just over a month ago and with batteries and parts all I'm in the hole over a grand just on the vxl. Lets not mention that my daughter's xl-5 engine burned out after 2 runs.

If I had to do it all over I would go nitro. The only benifit is that your could run them anywhere because of the noise.

Something else is the gearing on these things, yeah you could run 70 mph for example on a rustler vxl but you sacrafice all the low end power and run time and you need a $300 battery and charger and gearing, then you look at a jato and you are going about 65 out of the box with a ton of low end power. You can't have both on current electrics.

robg68

bub

SAVAGEJIM

I am with you on the nito part. I personally, like you, love nitro and the tinkering that goes with it (the sound, the smell of the fuel burning as th engine is running, and so forth). It's a guy thing for me, the louder it is, the manlier I feel, even though it is only a hobby.

As much as I love nitro, electrics will quickly out pace engines very fast. Though fast electrics at the moment have high pices for top end ESCs, brusless motors, LiPo batts, those prices will quickly com down. Also, the reduced maintenance is also vry appealing (brusless requires way less maintenance than an engine does, just mantaining the bearings, cleaning, etc. is way eaiser than rebuilding an engine). Also, LiPo and bushless systems are out now that can easily outrun nito RCs And as newer batt technology hits the market, these motors will quickly outpace engines by leaps and bounds. Nitro engines are very near their max capabilities that we as fans can mod and what the engine makers can produce.

The only way that engines can keep above electics is if multi-cylinder nitro car/truck engines hit the market. (Of course, multi-cylinder engines suffer from heaveier weight where new batt technology maintains the same weight is all in squeezsing more mAh out of a given gram of batt weight.)

happywing

I love the smell, smoke and noise of nitro. I just can't sacrifice the incredible speed, torque and handling of electric 1/8 conversions. If it wasn't for the performance advantages, I'd go back to nitro. Unfortunately, nitro is what it is and will never change. Electric is on the "fast" track in advancements.

ElectricGuy007

You dont even need Lipo, I can out run them nitro's with 3600nimh in my B44.

adam-69

thats a very good point, electric is advancing day by day.
re-inventing the two stroke engine...doesnt sound like it'll happen soo does it

The Hedgehog

Electric's have broken 160 mph. Nic Case fastest rc car challenge.