Trust me, im right there with ya in wanting a brushless 1/5. I have some pics of one thats still in the testing phase. Last word I got on Monday was January for the release date. If you want them just PM me and I will get them to ya. Its based on a 1/8 buggy layout but just a little bigger to make it a 1/5 scale. I thought I would share this:
http://www.bigsquidrc.com/redcat-pro...5-scale-buggy/