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I was referred to the local track by the dirtbikes (guess they don't like being harassed by a "toy").
 
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there is no doubt that nitro has a "cool" factor. but after a good 10 years i got tired of those little motors. the tuning and all the tiny parts. they are fun. i have a track about 15minutes from me. its a blast to watch. they don't care if im on the track. they kinda like it. it doesn't tear it up eather. there just baby's..
 
I was at a track with 2 other bajas for a practice day with the nitros. True, the 1/5 scales leave larger divots when nosediving, but the nitros leave a lot more cause they can't clear the jumps we were doin. Owner invited us up to play and then said there would be no largescale class for racing. I bet if we showed up, he would take our money though.
 
Yeah, originally they say, "3 of anything makes a class" EXCEPT for 1/5 scales!.....I wanted to go to the other side of the parking lot and rip a few 95 decibel laps :D


And the best drivers had Futaba 3PKS and 4PKS FASST radios!!!!!!
 
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I agree nitro is cool but outperformed by brushless. Nitro has a lot of stuff to tinker with: glow plugs, glow plug igniter batteries, receiver batteries, fuel you have to inconveniently buy at the hobby store, piston/sleeve wear, porting/polishing/balancing/fanging/blueprinting the header/sleeve/crank/piston/rod, cold tuning, hot tuning, glow plug temp range, bottom dead center after running, oil after running, charging receiver and glow igniter batteries after running, etc , etc. If you love tinkering but love driving more consider with 1/8 brushless you can have BETTER performance, less maintenance, and more reliability, and more wheel time. On offroad tracks brushless is faster in skilled hands than nitro. If youre into speed the world record is held by an electric right now (nic case) something nitro cant do. One argument I hear over and over is "but brushless is so much more money". Brushless is actually cheaper in the long run. The follwing is an example of 1/8 scale. One good $260 brushless motor/esc can outlast at least 3 $150 nitro motors. 2 lipo batteries for $125 each provide 30minutes+ of runtime where 6 gallons of nitro fuel plus 25 glo plugs plus glo igniter battery plus receiver battery can cost $350+. That is food for thought.
 
Yeah, I love brushless but they devour packs. And I paid ALOT more for my set-up, just the Hydra 240 was $250, the motor was cheap at $75 and another $150 for 16 cells. You must know about this subject because the nitros were smoking the electrics, but they were also better drivers. It's a whole different feel with the brushless. Basically, ALL or NOTHING.

 
Very nice boat! Nice power. What are the specs? If your boat flips do you have to swim to it or does it right itself? Can water get in the hull and fry the electronics? I have tried planes, cars, copters, but not boats so forgive me if thats a stupid question.
 
Titan 29, 10XL motor, Castle Creations Hydra 240, 43mph, I had a carbon fiber sub-hatch that I would seal with hatch tape and I had a rescue boat.
 
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