ORIGINAL: 04DarkShadowGT
There will always be a place for nitro, some want to tinker and enjoy all the stuff that goes with nitro. Plus with nitro you dont have to spend nearly as much for a charger and lipo batteries so the up front cost is less on nitro. However long haul wise with gas prices going up as well as nitro fuel nitro may be more to keep running.
So true, and worse yet, engines need to be rebuilt where a brushless motor will lat a long time before you need to replace the bearings or other stuff. Imagine rebuilding an in-line 4 nitro engine: not cheap for about $60-$90 per piston & sleeve.
Maybe in the future, some better metals that do not ewear down as fast will make its way into our nitro 2-stroke model engines.