I suppose I should have specified earlier that when I talk about a stock electronics package that would eliminate the need for me to go to hobby grade I was talking about airsoft tanks. That's the main reason I got so excited about the Asp - it was specifically designed for airsoft. Kevin then added IR capability, but he tells me he'll have an airsoft version at a lower cost.

I think it's easy to get just a tiny bit of tunnel vision once you've been bitten by the IR battle bug, but we need to keep in mind that of all the 1/16 RC tanks sold today, over 80% of them are airsoft. And we all know that what's being sold today drives ... well ... pretty much the whole freakin' world. I'll be buying more tanks, and most of them will be airsoft, and I think that's why I'm so interested in a decent stock electronics package for airsoft tanks. I love detailing and upgrading the tank itself and adding all the details, but I don't particularly care for working on electronics, so a tank that has what I want in a dependable unit is just the thing to expand my army and still have plenty of time for road building, airbrushing, stowage creation, and mainly ... Driving them!

Of course, that's strictly my own selfish opinion based on what I want, and I know there will be plenty of guys that don't share my point of view.