I voted no but I really want the answer to be different. Right this moment, I feel like even in a case where one battery is used, it simply takes too long to compete against Nitro. Removing the body, unhooking the battery, removing the straps, inserting the new pack, strapping it down, reconnecting, making sure the ESC arms and putting the body back on just takes too long. I'd guess close to 1 minute total time vs a nitro pit which is like 10 seconds or less. If the main is 20 mins, 1 min is an eternity.

I do think it may be possible if batteries had some kind of quick release mechanism. I know there was some talk about it here by some of the wizards on this forum but I'm pessimistic about a home-brew solution. I think some company with a real R&D budget needs to sit down a few engineers to come up with a viable, compatible, quick, light solution.

Currently my thinking is getting a pack or packs large enough to run the entire main is the only way to race competitively against similar nitro vehicles. I hope that changes because high capacity batteries are big and heavy, two things which stand directly opposed to raceworthyness.

DM