View Poll Results: choose your favorite engine
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 348. You may not vote on this poll
nitro engine poll round 2......
10-23-2010 | 05:08 PM
#91
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Its good for the hobby to see some many engines getting votes. Even though we all pretty much knew that OS, Werks, and Nova would lead the way. When engine companies see that there may not be a clear favorite it will keep them competitive and keep producing quality mills at an affordable price. ( at least I hope so ) Its also nice for me to see how many votes Go has recieved. Not to start trouble but I have been hearing horror stories about them from day one and this poll has proven to me that all the negative things I have heard have to be nothing more than false rumors. I am sure nobody would have voted for any engine that was worthy in some fashion. I am actually now thinking about the possibility of trying one of the new Go engines based solely on the votes of this pole
10-23-2010 | 05:09 PM
#92
Its good for the hobby to see some many engines getting votes. Even though we all pretty much knew that OS, Werks, and Nova would lead the way. When engine companies see that there may not be a clear favorite it will keep them competitive and keep producing quality mills at an affordable price. ( at least I hope so ) Its also nice for me to see how many votes Go has recieved. Not to start trouble but I have been hearing horror stories about them from day one and this poll has proven to me that all the negative things I have heard have to be nothing more than false rumors. I am sure nobody would have voted for any engine that was worthy in some fashion. I am actually now thinking about the possibility of trying one of the new Go engines based solely on the votes of this pole
10-23-2010 | 05:59 PM
#93
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Jeremy, if I could makema suggestion it would be to do just like what you did after the 1st poll. Take the top five brands for the next poll and take 2 engines from each brand and run a poll on them. Either that or do a seperate poll listing 10 different engines do the first poll for buggy and then another poll for truggy, all depends on how detailed you want to be.
Jaz240, I have to agree with you that the results are a little surprising to me also. Speaking now strictly about the US I have a pretty good idead about what most peoples sales are like. I think this thread is a little skewed because its a global forum, so there are people on it from all over the world. This affects the stats a bit i think because if you for instance take my sales into accout, about 95% of our business is in north america so we do verry little sales outside the US right now. Some of the brands like OS and Nova are more global, brands such as Go I think are more established in Australia etc. Etc. If you forminstance look at RB they to me have pretty much disapeared here in the US over the last couple of years (a personal oppinion just based on what i see at the tracks) but they are still doing ok in the poll which I can understand because in Europe and some parts of Asia they are a strong brand. So as mentioned I think that demographics plays a role in these results.
I should add that just to be clear nothing that I'm saying is meant to be negative (about any brand) it's just an observation that i am making based on the results that I am seeing here and is not meant in any way to offend anyone. Just adding that in there
Jaz240, I have to agree with you that the results are a little surprising to me also. Speaking now strictly about the US I have a pretty good idead about what most peoples sales are like. I think this thread is a little skewed because its a global forum, so there are people on it from all over the world. This affects the stats a bit i think because if you for instance take my sales into accout, about 95% of our business is in north america so we do verry little sales outside the US right now. Some of the brands like OS and Nova are more global, brands such as Go I think are more established in Australia etc. Etc. If you forminstance look at RB they to me have pretty much disapeared here in the US over the last couple of years (a personal oppinion just based on what i see at the tracks) but they are still doing ok in the poll which I can understand because in Europe and some parts of Asia they are a strong brand. So as mentioned I think that demographics plays a role in these results.
I should add that just to be clear nothing that I'm saying is meant to be negative (about any brand) it's just an observation that i am making based on the results that I am seeing here and is not meant in any way to offend anyone. Just adding that in there
10-23-2010 | 06:18 PM
#94
Jeremy, if I could makema suggestion it would be to do just like what you did after the 1st poll. Take the top five brands for the next poll and take 2 engines from each brand and run a poll on them. Either that or do a seperate poll listing 10 different engines do the first poll for buggy and then another poll for truggy, all depends on how detailed you want to be.
Jaz240, I have to agree with you that the results are a little surprising to me also. Speaking now strictly about the US I have a pretty good idead about what most peoples sales are like. I think this thread is a little skewed because its a global forum, so there are people on it from all over the world. This affects the stats a bit i think because if you for instance take my sales into accout, about 95% of our business is in north america so we do verry little sales outside the US right now. Some of the brands like OS and Nova are more global, brands such as Go I think are more established in Australia etc. Etc. If you forminstance look at RB they to me have pretty much disapeared here in the US over the last couple of years (a personal oppinion just based on what i see at the tracks) but they are still doing ok in the poll which I can understand because in Europe and some parts of Asia they are a strong brand. So as mentioned I think that demographics plays a role in these results.
I should add that just to be clear nothing that I'm saying is meant to be negative (about any brand) it's just an observation that i am making based on the results that I am seeing here and is not meant in any way to offend anyone. Just adding that in there
Jaz240, I have to agree with you that the results are a little surprising to me also. Speaking now strictly about the US I have a pretty good idead about what most peoples sales are like. I think this thread is a little skewed because its a global forum, so there are people on it from all over the world. This affects the stats a bit i think because if you for instance take my sales into accout, about 95% of our business is in north america so we do verry little sales outside the US right now. Some of the brands like OS and Nova are more global, brands such as Go I think are more established in Australia etc. Etc. If you forminstance look at RB they to me have pretty much disapeared here in the US over the last couple of years (a personal oppinion just based on what i see at the tracks) but they are still doing ok in the poll which I can understand because in Europe and some parts of Asia they are a strong brand. So as mentioned I think that demographics plays a role in these results.
I should add that just to be clear nothing that I'm saying is meant to be negative (about any brand) it's just an observation that i am making based on the results that I am seeing here and is not meant in any way to offend anyone. Just adding that in there
10-23-2010 | 06:59 PM
#95
sorry to say mr werks, but the GO sales in the US have gone through the roof with the release of the GX & MG range of motors & with 2 MGs qualifying for the worlds in pattaya in november these motors are now up there with the best of them. this poll is suppose to be fun, & to gauge what people like from their experience with different motors, not for the company men to use for marketing purposes as only a small percentage of us nitro nuts will find this thread anyway 
from my experience the OS, NOVA & RB are great motors but for $ value against reliability & performance i can't go past the GO range. all brands have there lemons & newbies that give a brand negative feeback. most motors on the market today, in the right hands, can win a major event ! the growth of our hobby is testament to the quality that is avaliable out there at the moment JMO 
10-23-2010 | 07:31 PM
#96
I say leave this poll going for awhile. I think pretty much all of the engines that were requested are in this one. Let it run and see what happens after a couple months or so, maybe even a year. Could be interesting!
10-23-2010 | 08:34 PM
#98
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sorry to say mr werks, but the GO sales in the US have gone through the roof with the release of the GX & MG range of motors & with 2 MGs qualifying for the worlds in pattaya in november these motors are now up there with the best of them. this poll is suppose to be fun, & to gauge what people like from their experience with different motors, not for the company men to use for marketing purposes as only a small percentage of us nitro nuts will find this thread anyway from my experience the OS, NOVA & RB are great motors but for $ value against reliability & performance i can't go past the GO range. all brands have there lemons & newbies that give a brand negative feeback. most motors on the market today, in the right hands, can win a major event ! the growth of our hobby is testament to the quality that is avaliable out there at the moment JMO Last edited by Werks; 10-23-2010 at 10:22 PM.
10-23-2010 | 11:19 PM
#99
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10-23-2010 | 11:38 PM
#101
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Yep me too. At that level though there are about 10 or 12 guys that can win and having seen how challenging the track is I think that it is probably going to come down to who has the least amount of problems and needs to be turn marshaled the least. So a bit of luck is going to be involved here!
10-23-2010 | 11:41 PM
#102
Yep me too. At that level though there are about 10 or 12 guys that can win and having seen how challenging the track is I think that it is probably going to come down to who has the least amount of problems and needs to be turn marshaled the least. So a bit of luck is going to be involved here!
....but the track will be different from the practice...you know that right?.....
10-23-2010 | 11:44 PM
#104
10-23-2010 | 11:49 PM
#105
I know. My post was not meant at you. Just saying "in general " we can then have facts to shove in peoples faces when they ( insert name here ) start bragging that their engine is the best. Truth is the right driver can win with any engine and/or any chassis with the right set/up, some dedication, a good strategy and some luck