Originally Posted by
Kevin K
Why does every thread have to turn into this debate….damn.
In my neck of the woods....I have seen more electronic failures this summer racing boosted ESC then I did all last winter racing blinky….this is all in Sedan 17.5.
You are right blinky is easier to understand and that’s what is bringing people back into racing. Its when all the boost and software updates that came out there was a max exodus from on-road. We ran a whole winter season on blinky in sedan and we had more people racing then we did the year before with open ESC. The largest growing classes around are the classes that use the blinky ESC's. The reason is they are easy to use.
Racing is racing its not one or the other that isn’t going to make racing any closer than the next its just going to make it easier to handle for the masses...period.
Like any electronic device not all are created equal...so one might have a different feel then the next but there is a lot of personal perception and preference. I have seen just about all of them work and win.
Kevin, I understand that everyone's experiences may vary. I have two years of boosted racing without a SINGLE electronic failure. Matter of fact, I made the main at every Grand Slam race last year with THE FIRST duo 1 and Tekin RS Pro I ever purchased. Those who pushed boost past "the limit" will eventually do the same with blinky rollout. It is inevitable. I just don't like running a motor with the timing twisted all the way up, and a huge gear, just to go as fast as the other guys, temping a 12th scale motor and seeing 170+ degrees, when I used to come off the track at 140, and turning laps .2 better. There is NO doubt that heat is damaging to electronics, so obviously running things hotter is more damaging. This is not debatable. You cannot idiot proof electronics, and those who push too far will always let the smoke out of something.
Those who quit because they blew stuff up running boosted and weren't competitive, will quit again because they will blow things up in blinky, and still not be competitive. This unfortunately has been true of On-Road for the twenty-five years I've been involved. No amount of spec can save those who lose interest because they can't set-up a car, or drive as well as the A-mainers. The majority of people who race on-road for an extended period of time do so because of the challenges it provides, not in spite of them. Unfortunately, that pool of racers has always been small.
If ya wanna run an "easier" class, that's what VTA and USGT were designed for, and I think they offer beginners a great platform to learn chassis tuning and driving skills, then if they move to boosted it's just a matter of learning how to set-up a speedo.
Of course this rant comes from someone who only races 12th scale and WGT, which are the two classes that actually got SLOWER when we went brushless and lipo. If you guys were running 1s sedan, you'd beg for boost.........