ORIGINAL: Candre23
It amazes me how people who have owned both can say that nitro is ''less maintenance'' It requires an extensive break-in, then constant fiddling with the carb to get it to run right depending on the weather. With electric, you plug in a battery and away you go. Aside from occasionally spraying the crud out of the motor, there is no maintenance or setup involved. Nitro has it's perks, but it isn't easier by any standard.
With an electric, you have experimentation with gearing too.
Never had to solder a connector on a battery lead for nitro.
See where ThunderbirdJunkie is going with this?
and if your nitro RC requires CONSTANT fiddling with the carb, you're DOING IT WRONG or there is SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR ENGINE.
Most people in this thread are posting so much drivel because they don't know what it's like to operate both.