I'm just gonna say it....this place sucks!

[snellemin]

Summer heat and family time has slowed me down. Not much new hardware around to mess with other than the ViperRc motor that was a flop and I have Tekin 4 pole 540 motor on order to mess with and post my results. I just got back from a trip doing the warrior dash in NC. Spend some vacation time with the fam. I had to buy new tires for my suv. I've only been to a RC track twice this summer and busted up 1 car pretty good. I am putting bamboo wood floor in my house, so no more extra money really. Oh today I got me a Futaba brushless servo for my 4s2p 1/8 rally truck that I have on the back burner.

[Swindez85]

Well now that we mention it, I am actually supposed to be getting my replacement MMM tomorrow by the ups tracking number they sent me last friday. Then ill be spending the majority of the evening wiring it up along with my external capacitor bank and my external BEC so tom is going to be filled full of soldering.

Edit - And like snellemin said, this atrocious summer heat we have had here in the southeast has kept me inside for the better part of the summer.

[JERRY2KONE]

It seems that most of us have just been busy doing too many other things. I personally have not been working since December. I started working again recently, but have yet to receive a paycheck. I have over 200 hours in already, but payroll in South Carolina was having issues with their data center. Besides that It will take a few months for us to get all of our summer vacation debt caught up so I can have some fun money again. Plus having to spend lots of money getting the kids ready for school this year set us back as well. We had to purchase two Mac-book Pro laptops for our boys entering high school, and then last week their math class required them to have the new TI-84, so I had to track them down and purchase those as well. Now all three of our kids are doing week long school field trips around Europe, and those are not cheap either. The expenses just keep coming. Luckily for us their tuition is paid by the Gov due to us being assigned overseas at the cost of $30K per student.

[Dafni]

Brushless conversions are not what they used to be. Not too long ago a BL Savage or a BL Revo was something special. And then the whole 1/8 story... it was more fun to me when it was still special.... All the RTR brushless stuff kinda took the fun away for me.

[JERRY2KONE]

In saying all of that it seems to me that the fun is what it should be. Even with BL RTR's coming out all over the place the fun is still in creating something that is better than whatever RTR they can come up with. That is what keeps any industry moving forward. Being creative even when it seems that there is no place to go with the technology. I still love the build, and creating my own parts in ways that are better than even the major manufacturers seem to be doing. Sure BL is the main stream now, but that is a good thing to. The BL motors just keep getting better and better. Plus there is more of a variety in specs to chose from, which makes playing more fun. It does seem that the playing field is pretty level in technology now and that leaves performance up to the individual driver to win or lose. As it should be. For the average basher the sky is the limit depending on how much you wish to spend.

[magman]

I still visit to see what's cookin', but not nearly as much for sure. Still fun to see conversions done and to see new rides regardless of new/old.