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BrianG · 02.17.2007, 10:14 PM

Personally, I think it's only a matter of time before BL becomes more of the norm. Of course, you're gonna have the die-hard Nitro guys, but with the prices coming down and selection of BL components going up and battery technology getting better and better all the time, electric will become more commonplace. Some manufacturers are even coming out stock BL systems now.

Some of it is the fact people don't realize where to get the parts or how to use them, or get turned off by all the different jargon. It seems like whenever I'm at my LHS track just playing around, I spend a lot of time explaining what BL is all about and the fact that it's not as hard to use/build as they might think. I know of several times people left these conversations with ideas in their head. It's just a matter of educating them and referring them here. You say electric R/C to many people and they automatically think Niko or Tyco, and think "electrics are toys, gas powered is where the real power is".

The smoke and mosquito-like buzz of the Nitro vehicles draws the crowds, but it seems the BL vehicles it what keeps them there.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	02.17.2007, 10:14 PM Personally, I think it's only a matter of time before BL becomes more of the norm. Of course, you're gonna have the die-hard Nitro guys, but with the prices coming down and selection of BL components going up and battery technology getting better and better all the time, electric will become more commonplace. Some manufacturers are even coming out stock BL systems now. Some of it is the fact people don't realize where to get the parts or how to use them, or get turned off by all the different jargon. It seems like whenever I'm at my LHS track just playing around, I spend a lot of time explaining what BL is all about and the fact that it's not as hard to use/build as they might think. I know of several times people left these conversations with ideas in their head. It's just a matter of educating them and referring them here. You say electric R/C to many people and they automatically think Niko or Tyco, and think "electrics are toys, gas powered is where the real power is". The smoke and mosquito-like buzz of the Nitro vehicles draws the crowds, but it seems the BL vehicles it what keeps them there.