WTF!? Greg Degani's Comments on Electric 1/8th scale Racing....

[starscream]

I feel sorry for this poor guy although this guy seems to have his own agenda.

Our track has been getting around 1 new 1/8th scale electric buggy racer every month and I know there are a few nitro guys that have talked about converting.

There's nothing like racing 1/8th scale without all those fumes. As for the noise and smell, I can't even put into words how nice it is to race without all that crap.

[plettenbergs]

the guy likes nitro because NITRO payes his bills!!!...i dont agree but it is simple economics 101

[RUSTY XL-5]

I remember reading him saying that in the last RCCA mag. I couldn't believe he said such a thing....just wait 'til he looses to an electric...I wonder what he will say then?

[sleebus.jones]

Originally Posted by plettenbergs

the guy likes nitro because NITRO payes his bills!!!...i dont agree but it is simple economics 101

Yup. The basic rule I follow is that when things don't make sense, follow the money.

The people that love nitro can have it. There's a guy here at work who's all WOOOHOOO about nitro. I told him "dude, I have a RC10GT with a Picco .26 in it and I don't drive it because it's SLOW in comparison to my electric rigs." That resulted in a from him. Ahaha.

With all the advances in battery tech, ESCs and motors I can't see anything but more and more electric 1/8ths coming on. When I did my Hyper 7 conversion on BYT, I was the only one. Now, I can't even count how many there are, and I've never heard anyone who did a BL buggy conversion say "oh man, my BL buggy SUCKS, I'm going back to nitro!" Nope, and in fact, just about everyone who builds one has another project one going soon after they finish the first one.

Greg can stick to his Nitro, but he'll be racing from the rear of the pack.