Thank you all for your replies. I know that here, at RC-Monster.com, you and I are largely in the same boat. It's sad to hear others talk about being the only one to show up with a E-Truck. Nice to know that you guys are out there...The track I race at (Xtreme RC in New Milford CT) hosted a special electric race last year sponsored by RCCA called the "Battery Blast" it was a day of only electric. We had a decent E-MT class as well as the usual 4WD, 10th buggy and truck as well as some others. I also know last year our own RC Monster Mike hosted a race (which I unfortunately missed) where many of you came together and raced. If that race is run again this year I will be there. However despite the innovations in brushless technology and especially battery technology I'm just not seeing growth at the track.

Cost and effort are high barriors to entry into this class. I guess I was holding out hope that the coverage of the E-Revo in the Magazines coupled with Mike's selling the whole Roller for a reasonable price would lead to more people buying in but it just isn't happening. I had hoped that other pre-made electric conversion trucks would spur the racing scene but there too I've seen a handfull at various times rather than classes full of them. I just don't know what it's going to take...is there anything on the horizon which could help save the class?

My own approach this year is going to be twofold. I'm making an appeal to the "revo" or standard monster truck guys at my track to see if they will let me race with them when nothing is on the line, no points, no trophies just racing for fun. If they will have me I'm going to try and get some new batteries which will let me get 15 minutes of racing out of a charge. If they won't I'll run my Nitro Truggy every other week and try the same plan with the E-CRT. Hopefully we can still have a full class at this year's Monster Madness race. I may even resurrect my old E-Maxx beacuse surely they will let me run that old dog with the Revo's.

That and I'll keep hoping that something main stream happens to breathe new life into the E-MT class. Traxxas has updated their whole line, save the E-Maxx, maybe it will get refreshed. Even if it is given the 3.3 treatment with an HV-Maxx setup it will help. Of course a full blown Traxxas branded E-Revo with a brushless setup out of the box will also be a nice step but I'll take any positive changes possible. Heck I'd love to see Tamiya Electrify some of their line up...my first was a Grasshopper and I'd love to go back to big T....that new Truggy they released would be great in an electric version...

DM