ORIGINAL: SyCo_VeNoM
ORIGINAL: qoisdhc oqina
ORIGINAL: mrbonez
were is physco venom anyway he is always in these nitro vs electric things
Yeah we're all waiting for him.I havent seen him on in a few days, maybe i missed him?Any day now we should here his rant.
Was at work all weekend + the site was taking 10 minutes to load for me yesterday while I was home so I didn't bother
Not really going to rant but more so post comments to what I read
Now electric clean up my one was nice when it was waterproof easiest clean up ever fill up tub with semi soapy water throw it in and hose it off
Nitro clean up is similar to non-waterproof electrics UNLESS you spill nitro all over your vehicle, cause you don't have a fuel bottle, have leaks in your hoses that spray it on the chassis, or somehow managed to put your pip on backwards and have the exaust spraying into the vehicle. Generally though the oil should go out the pipe and fall on the ground (or spray the side of the body which windex will clean off real fast). One thing I really like about the savage is the exhaust points down so it sprays all oil into the ground minimizing cleanup.
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.
All day breakin for a nitro? I've broken every one of my engines in the same time it takes me to charge one lipo. Hell when I do break one in I just take my laptop out and watch some videos while it does its thing, kinda like what I do with my lipos every time I have to charge them before use...
Also agree with TBJ's reply if your fiddling with your carb all the time your doing it wrong. Its probably one of the 2 Either you bought a cheap ass engine that has a cheap carb on it, or it has airleaks (which are more common on cheap ass engines)
As for the ones saying instant torque is a bonus on BL I almost find it more of a drawback. It causes extra stress, and breaks parts faster than a nitro can.
Things I've yet to break on my nitros that I destroyed on my electrics.
Motors - Yes I bought a few used lemon nitro's off ebay but that was more due to the prior owners running them too lean till they were toast. My electrics were bought new and got toasted while experimenting with gearing. Side note I've also never had a nitro motor cog even at low rpms
Pinions - broke a few on electric $10-13 each and are all different pitches, yet to replace a clutch bell on a nitro. On pinions I've actually ground one to oblivion in less than 2 minutes while the wheels were off the ground (still no idea why castle sent such a cheap ass pinion with their system)
Dogbones - I've snapped dogbones on BL power easy, Nitro I've never even bent one.
Now excuse me while I wait for my parts to fix my brushless truggy, which completely destroyed its hardened steel pinion gear, along with a few other parts after 5 minutes on its test run.
Crap guess it kinda turned into a rant...