Harold Bascom
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My 30-year relationship with RC began with 1/10 scale electrics while imagining they carried gasoline/petrol engines; and is the reason I moved to nitro in the quest for an RC closer to the real thing: the sound and smell of a full-scale motor vehicle. It was, therefore, no wonder that my quest for realism in sound and smell has landed me in the realm of fifth-scale gassers.
Here be nirvana.
One night, however, I stumbled on a YouTube 'unboxing' of a gas-powered FG SPORTSLINE Mercedes fifth-scale beauty. My Gawd! It was sweet to look at with the body on and off. With the body off It was, to me, a marvel of mechanical engineering. But then ... but then the proud owner murmured something to the effect that it looked nice but that he had already sent for 'the electric conversion kit'.
I couldn't believe it. That guy was going to strip out that engine and replace it with an electric motor? It was a 'WTF?' moment; but only a for moment. I thought of the amazing Traxxas XO-1; I thought of full-scale cars like the TESLA MODEL S and other electric cars gaining in popularity; I thought of the FORMULA E (Electric) series and said to myself: "Oh, well. To each his/her own. We all have choices." Bottomline: Fifth scale of every power-mode is huge fun.
And to think if it, I'd better start warming up to that switch to fifth-scale electrics, just in case that rap comes on my door and it turns out to be that kind-faced cop telling me that there was a noise-nuisance complaint from a neighbor.
Here be nirvana.
One night, however, I stumbled on a YouTube 'unboxing' of a gas-powered FG SPORTSLINE Mercedes fifth-scale beauty. My Gawd! It was sweet to look at with the body on and off. With the body off It was, to me, a marvel of mechanical engineering. But then ... but then the proud owner murmured something to the effect that it looked nice but that he had already sent for 'the electric conversion kit'.
I couldn't believe it. That guy was going to strip out that engine and replace it with an electric motor? It was a 'WTF?' moment; but only a for moment. I thought of the amazing Traxxas XO-1; I thought of full-scale cars like the TESLA MODEL S and other electric cars gaining in popularity; I thought of the FORMULA E (Electric) series and said to myself: "Oh, well. To each his/her own. We all have choices." Bottomline: Fifth scale of every power-mode is huge fun.
And to think if it, I'd better start warming up to that switch to fifth-scale electrics, just in case that rap comes on my door and it turns out to be that kind-faced cop telling me that there was a noise-nuisance complaint from a neighbor.