JQA3

nitro vs electric

Crf250ed

Whats this have to do with traxxas rc monster trucks?

JQA3

nothing im just curious of what people think about nitro and electric

moorek550

it depends, what are you gona use it for? i like nitro, but at times i like to just put in a battery and go

WAXDUMMIES

I voted nitro, assuming you ment monster trucks. For 1/10 scale stadium trucks or touring, electric for me.

alvinl

Electric trucks like the Emaxx are pretty cool, but nothing beats the smell of nitro...

plaidfish

Nitro (IMO) is just less hassle....electric is clean but you have soo much support equipment that's a friggin fortune.....good charger, discharge tray/equalizer, the soldering iron and heat gun stuff.....I'm about fed up w/ electric myself getting rid of my 1/10 scale TCs cause I end up repairing more than driving.......maybe I should only drive them on the road

nicholsm04

My Feedback: (-1)

Nitro is better. I like working on something that is actually related to real life (meaning it has an exhaust, intake, piston, sleeve & crank, etc..) as opposed to something that is powered by an electric motor that really has nothing to it.

Oliverhm

Exactly the same here, I have loads of fun even when I'm not driving it. just taking it apart, adding new bits, learning about the car more and even cleaning after a good day of ripping up wet grass and leaves

Diesel_Fuel_Only

I'd have to disagree with that, electricity is just as much a part of real life as gas is. With an electric truck, you learn a lot about electronics. For example, you learn about how cell placement (such as - to + or + to +) creates different voltages, wiring in series or parallel, how when batteries are discharged they don't have a voltage of 0, and much more. I had a RC10GT and don't get me wrong it was a cool truck, but I'd take popping 2 batts in the SuperBrain and driving my E-Maxx over the RC10GT any day.

And don't forget people that drive electrics have just as much to clean up after a day of bashing as those who drive nitro cars do too! (Except for the oily fuel spills )

nicholsm04

My Feedback: (-1)

Well, how many cars do you see driving around with electric motors?

lol i was just saying I enjoy nitro because it has all of the components of a real engine.

fnord23

I voted electric although I really enjoy both. It just depends on how much time you wanna spend tinkering IMO. Yes, you will have alot of time invested tweaking and repairing ANY R/C vehicle but I have owned many of both types and have not invested nearly as many hours on electrics as with those finicky nitro machines. I do love both but for my money, at the end of the day I prefer electric for the simple fact that most of my time will go towards improvement instead of consistency. Oh yeah and not nearly as messy. Those with wives know what I mean.