[jhautz]

I actually think that the electric class is just beginning. Its just that people around here on RCM are kinda on the leading edge of the electric MT and 1/8 classes. There aren't many around cuz, with he exception of the emaxx, you cant go buy one,drop batteries in it and run. And the Emaxx in stock form is very outdated.

With the power of brushless and the rate the technology is advancing, especially on the battery side of things its only a matter of time before one of the large companies sees the potential and releases a RTR brushless electric. Its going to take this for it to ever truely become a consistent class. Lets face it, the nitros we all see running around at the local tracks are pretty much off the shelf trucks with some aftermarket parts purchased to suit the taste of the owner. The electric monster truck and 1/8s are much more custom machines at this point and it takes a certain kind of person to build these trucks.

The whole world is going RTR and the electric trucks just aren't there. I'd be willing to bet that in the next year one of the big manufacturers releases a new electric vehicle that will start a landslide moving toward electric again.

If you remember 15 years ago the electric class dominated everything and the only way to run nitros was to convert an electric to nitro with one of the Duratrax conversion kits. Then Assosciated released the RC10GT and the rest is history because nitro offered more power than the electrics. (There is a good article outlining the rise of nitro in RCCA this month on page 30)

Now the tables are turning again. The electrics offer more power and with lipo longer non stop run time than nitro could hope for. All its gonna take is one!!!!

(BTW: If I was a betting man I would say we will see an electric 1/8 buggy released before to long. Its the natural cuz its the most popular racing class and it also is on the lighter side of the larger scale vehicles so the brushless power would be an easier step from the 1/10 electric systems we see now.)