Originally Posted by
rmdhawaii
As a nitro racer, I know that all nitro engines are not created equal. Some people have bigger budgets and can afford the more expensive engines such as Novarossi and Max Power - or some of the highly accalimed modified engines. Some people just don't want to spend that much money on an engine, even if they do have a bigger budget. We don't go complaining to racing officials that the other guy has a more expensive or faster motor if we know that he is running his car within the rules. That's just the way it is.
It's not right to use nitro racing as an analogy. When getting into nitro racing, you fully know what you are getting into. Of course you won't go complaining to race officials because again, you KNEW the deal when you stepped in. There is no stock class or spec class(motor wise) that I know of in any of the nitro classes in on or off road. You get the best that you can afford and fortunately you can almost be as fast as the guys with high $$ engines with the right choices. To use an analogy, electric Mod class comes to mind. Top of the heap, no higher.
Originally Posted by
rmdhawaii
When I read about people getting upset about other racers' ESC being faster or having special features to make their cars go faster - and this "banning ESCs/features" thing, I don't quite understand what the big deal is. If "fairness" were at the very heart of the issue, then shouldn't everyone be racing the same car with the same gear? (i.e. identifical) But we all know that's just ridiculous.
The classes that most have issues about "timing/boost" ESC's are Stock classes. Again, you knew what you were getting into(before the timing/boost wars) and expected somewhat equal speeds/performance from your brushless motor/ESC compared to your competition to keep racing close. The "timing/boost" advances that made dramatic speed increases blew "Stock" out the window. That is the big deal.
With Mod, you could run any motor, and any ESC(a Havoc would probably be just as good as a RS Pro). The determining factor here would be the question.."Can You Handle It?!"
If it's all about the money, then would creating economy/budget classes make sense for those that can't keep up with the newest technology? I get the impression that people won't go for something like this!
Our track's Silvercan class is popular. Our track also just recently implemented the "17.5 no timing/boost" class.
As with cars, there comes a point when the older technology has to make way for the new and some of these older ESCs are going to have to move from the racing category to the bashing category. Is that such a bad thing?.
No it's not a bad thing, but why rush it?
I can accept the fact that if I don't have the latest and greatest technology, that I'm going to be slower, so why can't everyone else?
You won't know until you actually start racing electric, Stock especially.
When I see people using the word "cheating" - when they know very well that someone is racing within the stated rules, it just makes me cringe.
LOL! Maybe a certain ESC maker should change "Cheat Mode" to a different mode name in their Pro ESC.