I love it. It is great to finally get to see all the reasons we do this. I have to respond to one thing though that is the worst thing in Nitro. AIR LEAK

Do you know how many hours, I am talking HOURS I and others have spent trying to get to that AIR LEAK? Back to this in a minute.

I run the Flowood R/C Indoor Park www.flowoodrc.com. During every race, club or other, I am working and trying to race at least one class. Sometimes during a big race, I don't race, but it is a lot easier running electric. I cannot tell you how many races I have had where I did not get to spend any time checking clutch bearings, etc and ended up not finishing the Main because I could not check mine between qualifiers, so it is easier I think everyone will admit that.

Now this to the guy that feels like it is not really racing: I do kids birthday parties at the track. We use Electric SCT for the parties. We would run a 1/8 nitro buggy as our finale to show the kids a nitro buggy going around the track. Since I have gotten into Electric, for about the last 10 or so parties, I will race with the other guy with my electric. You are right about the engine noise. All the kids are pulling for the nitro. But they do not think the E is as fast, then they ooh and ah over that as wel. The perception with people is that Nitro is faster. For the guy that thinks he is having more fun because he is running nitro, I can tell you that is not true. It is just as fun and just as competitive and now with us running triple A Mains, we get as much run time as the nitros during the mains. We just get to split ours and I like that sometimes. Pros and cons on that as well.

Now back to AIR LEAKS. I have spent and seen others spend hours attempting to tune a nitro engine. You check the compression, you change the glow plug, you check the clutch bearings, you make sure nothing is binding. Then you get someone else to look at it because it runs good but won't idle. So, it is determined there is an AIR LEAK. It could be the fuel tank top, the fuel line, the clunk, the fittings, the front bearing of the engine, the glow plug not tight enough or not fitting properly, the screws came loose on the head, the gas tank. Did I leave anything out. Now all of this happens after all the time spent tuning. And the guy running electric are faster because they are practicing all this time you are trying to tune that damn engine. hahah. I am telling you this has all happened to me.

I have also had a perfectly tuned nitro engine and you know what? There is nothing any sweeter, nothing, than to have a perfectly tuned nitro engine. That is the ultimate in R/C Racing to me

There are pros and cons on both but I do think eventually nitro will be a think of the past. Not in my life time I don't think, but sooner or later California is going to say NO MORE. POLLUTION.

One more thing. When it is 30 degrees outside I can run an all electric race at our indoor track without the ventillation system on and keep the place warm. When it is 30 degrees outside and we are running nitro, we have to run all three of the Big Ass Ventillation fans and it is cold inside the building.