Originally Posted by
Chuck67
We sold our 1/10th scale electric and got into 1/8th scale nitro. Both have their pros and cons. I am now building an 1/8th scale electric one thing I am not fond of is the price! Nitro is cheaper to get going....long run not sure if the prices balance out. Another thing about electric ( someone stated this on the forum somewhere) "electic runs on smoke and once you let it out it is over"
Chuck
Electric 1/10th scale is not more expensive to get into than 1/8th scale nitro running both at a competitive level. Actually the electric is still about 30% cheaper. 1/10th electric off-road is also cheaper to run though-out the racing season.
I will agree that 1/8th scale electric is probably more expensive to get into than 1/8th scale nitro at the moment while everything is really in prototype stages but I would bet the costs even out over the the season in comparison to nitro.