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Old 01-02-2008 | 03:29 AM
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tadawson
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Default RE: Is nitro worth the trouble?

Myself, I still find nitro simpler - no need to pull the canopy and change batteries. Fuel, connect glow driver, blip with the starter, and go fly . . . rinse, lather, repeat until you need to charge your radio battery . . . My YS engines were tuned about 2 years ago, and have not needed any changes to speak of since (maybe a click or so here and there for temperature extremes, but not mandatory . . . ) - I suspect that you are falling for the myth that nitro is somehow more complicated. Myself, I find all the issues with care and feeding of lipos, ESCs, motors, chargers etc. (not to mention having to fly with a timer, or kill major $$$ batteries . . . ) to be a lot more work and hassle than dealing with a nitro engine . . .

- Tim

ORIGINAL: TheBum

I'm mostly mechanically-inept, so I find the plug-and-go convenience of electric appealing. However, I hate being at the field and having to wait for batteries to recharge, so I've decided to add a nitro to my fleet. Will I get rid of my 450 class electric? No way! It's just too nice for traveling. I don't want half my cargo space taken up by a helicopter when I'm on a vacation.