Originally Posted by Carl Giordano

The good old days... Nothing was more enjoyable pacing the leaders until the 7 minute mark and waiting to see who had conserved enough ripe to make the charge with 30 seconds to go...the higher capacity cells have taken race strategy out of the equation.

IMO, the batteries of today (4200's & 4800's MiMH) are a joke...in the north east, we had seen first hand, old school racers exiting electric racing because of the battery issue. The fact that the IB's are as delicate as 1700SCE is disappointing. Once Sanyo exited the RC battery market we were doomed. IMO: Best batteries I ever worked with were the 1700 SCRC's

We've actually seen a number of racers (those who are still around) switch from TC to 1/12th scale racing because of the simplicity. I strongly believe that if we can further simplify the racing we will see more racers returning to the track.

The same holds true in fuel on-road. Those heavily involved are from the older generation. Generation X and Y have little interest in racing. (take a look at the growing # in Masters Class). Most of us have family obligations which limits the amount of wrenching and racing we can do. I'd rather have more track time than pit wrenching....therefore any form of new technology (brushless) and maybe Lipo's which enhances track time over pit wrench time is going to be received well.

I'd like to see Lipo's develop for a modified class of racing - even if this means using the smaller brushless motors. Those who prefer the use of NiMh, can use them in stock and 19t.

just my thoughts.