May 21, 2009
remote control cars whats better Electric or nitro for circut or drag?
remote control cars whats better Electric or nitro? i would like to know what you think is better for circut and drag i have a nitro and i think is better for drag and can be better for circut but i wont to no what you think
Nitro cars used to be the very quickest, pushing speeds of 50mph, with electric being the begginers arena. However, with the emergance of brushless systems thats no longer the case. The new traxxas e-revo brushless boasts speeds of upto 65 mph and ive seen other companies boast higher. Brushless systems are much quicker to accelerate, as while they don't develope as much torque as nitro cars, they are very very much lighter.However, brushless are electric, running on batteries and all that entails. However, the new LiPo batteries are crazed, lasting for half an hour (with a good battery), just as long as a tank of nitro fuel.There is also much less of a degrade in performance as the battery runs down. In the end, instead of slowly creaping to a halt, they simply stop when the voltage gets too low. Though, with brushless being a new technology, its still quite pricy. That said, its still not alot more expensive than its nitro counterparts, and a whole lot easier to maintain. The RC world speed record is now owned by a brushless setup, and as these cars become more prevalent i think we'l see some very seroius competition to nitro.
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Nitro cars used to be the very quickest, pushing speeds of 50mph, with electric being the begginers arena. However, with the emergance of brushless systems thats no longer the case. The new traxxas e-revo brushless boasts speeds of upto 65 mph and ive seen other companies boast higher. Brushless systems are much quicker to accelerate, as while they don't develope as much torque as nitro cars, they are very very much lighter.However, brushless are electric, running on batteries and all that entails. However, the new LiPo batteries are crazed, lasting for half an hour (with a good battery), just as long as a tank of nitro fuel.There is also much less of a degrade in performance as the battery runs down. In the end, instead of slowly creaping to a halt, they simply stop when the voltage gets too low. Though, with brushless being a new technology, its still quite pricy. That said, its still not alot more expensive than its nitro counterparts, and a whole lot easier to maintain. The RC world speed record is now owned by a brushless setup, and as these cars become more prevalent i think we'l see some very seroius competition to nitro.
References :
http://g4tv.com/screensavers/features/44690/Worlds-Fastest-RC-Car.html
http://www.traxxas.com/products/electric/erevo5608/trx_erevo5608.htm
Nitro is better, because prices for good Li-Po batteries (obviously you need more than one battery to have a good days racing) are too much. Up to £150 per battery. And the dedicated Li-Po battery charger, up to about £130. And that's before you even buy the car/truck/buggy!
Brushless/Li-Po setups may be faster, but they're only fast in a straight line you'd never go 70+mph round a track.
It's getting to the point where nitro rc cars are cheaper to buy and run regularly. I'm happy with that, I've always maintained nitro rc cars/trucks/buggies are better than electric anyway.
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