Originally posted by OvalEvader
You can't compare a 350 dollar RTR buggy to an electric racer that would use a lathe and equalizer...
Yeah you can - I just did!!
What I'm saying is that to enjoy electric racing, you have to be prepared to spend money on decent cells or accept that your car is going to be well slow, even by electric standards. And you have to skim your motors. And if you dont get the proper equipment for your battery management side of things - you'll end having to buy more cells per season than someone who has. Or face dumping mid-race.
Money - that's the common denominator between the examples I gave. If anything, budget 1/8th nitro is cheaper than a fairly basic racing electric set-up, especially long-term.
And a RTR Hyper 7 can be raced against more expensive machines without embarrasing itself.
Having raced in various classes, this is what I've found.