why is eletric getting more exspensive then gas

[qaart]

eletric cars now are coasting a ton the eletric motor is cheaper then gas so why is it more then the gas

 

[frickenjoey]

Are you referring to RC cars or 1:1 scale cars?

 

[Cam]

Supply and demand pretty much. Nitro fuel is having shortages so its meaning the sales of electrics are going up and up. So they charge more because they can. Also with brushless systems being the "Big thing", thats also having more people buy electric.

 

[alpinehyperlite]

eletric cars now are coasting a ton the eletric motor is cheaper then gas so why is it more then the gas

umm its not. You are paying for technology. You can to to any LHS and buy a 1:10 scale brushed motor for like $10. If you want something at a competitive level such as a brushless setup, you are going to pay more. You get what you pay for.

Batteries:
You can buy a 1800mah nicd battery for like $13, or you can buy a 2000mah 3s lipo for $50.

Just like if you buy a cheap nitro motor, cheap fuel, crappy plugs, anything, it will break/wear out faster.

 

[qaart]

well ya it depends on how you drive also but eletric only runs for 20mins top and gas runs for 10-13mins but you just put more gas in and go

 

[abadk9420]

Electric brushless rc'c can run as long as an hour with a high compacity lipo pack and if you have more then one you just change the battery or recharge it if you only have one pack, and you can charge them over and over again, with nitro you just keep buying more nitro fuel, it dosen't replenish it self, and if you go brushless there is basicly zero maintenance, with nitro you have to tune for the conditions on that day and there is lot more maitenance and clean up with nitro, I have both but would have to say I like my brushless electric the best..

 

[h8z2luze]

well ya it depends on how you drive also but eletric only runs for 20mins top and gas runs for 10-13mins but you just put more gas in and go

Put in more gas/retune every frickin 20 minutes lol

 

[alpinehyperlite]

I get 2 hours on one battery that is 2 inches wide, 3 inches long, and about 5mm thick in my crawler.

 

[CharliesTheMan]

Modern electric powerplants with LiPo batteries are more powerful than the nitro stuff that is in the same price range. It's hard to compare one to the other, because a $1200 nitro motor might be quicker than a $200 brushless setup, etc... But in general, the brushless and LiPo is faster, lighter, more consistant, MUCH more torque, easy to operate and maintain, etc... Since the electric stuff is faster and more powerful it's not carrying over to racing, and it's consistent, which as a drag racer is one of the most important things to my racecar.

I know how a lot of you guys think, that electric cars are for wimps and stuff like that. I know, because I used to say the same thing. I swore that I would never get rid of my nitro, and I just couldn't imagine something so silent and electric being powerful like nitro. However, I have become educated in RC's since I had that ignorant mindset, and I now know that I was absolutely WRONG. I used to say that I would only have nitro. Once I realized the power that's in both 2 stroke gas motors and brushless electric motors, I realized that I was badly misinformed, and I was missing out big time. Now, I've gotten rid of all my nitros and I only run gas and brushless with LiPo. And it isn't because I don't like to work on them. I restore full size hot rods and drag race a 10 second camaro, so I absolutely LOVE to work on stuff. I just know how powerful brushless and LiPo is, and how much fun it is to run.

I get 2 hours on one battery that is 2 inches wide, 3 inches long, and about 5mm thick in my crawler.

I know what someone is about to say because they always say it when I post something like this. They say "of course it gets long run time, it's a crawler." Another case of ignorance, because even though we're going slow, our big powerful motors with high voltage are often pulling nearly as much current as a basher.

BUT, I know you can't compare crawler runtimes with racing runtimes. Well I have an Associated RC10 T4 race spec truck that I built to race. I have a castle creation sidewinder in it with a maxamps.com 2S 6000HV battery pack in it, and I got 40 minutes the last time I took it out, and when I brought it inside there was still a good bit of battery left in it, but it was about to start raining.

 

[Brushlessboy]

Initial set up costs ARE higher, if you are running brushless and lipo, with charger, balancer, 2 or 3 batteries, lipo sack, cooling fans and heatsinks. But if you're running cheap brushed gear, then a cheap charger, 2 or 3 NiMh batteries, and a cooling fan or heatsink for the motor will only set you back half as much as the bigger set up. But will only give you half the fun.
Alpine and Charlie are on the money too, with a big lipo giving you HUGE runtimes, as long as you keep them cool.

 

[qaart]

the only problem i have with traxxas nitro cars is that you have to have a big bulky starter and the battery gets hot the heat sink gets hot and battery dies alot but on my other car all i have to do is have a small glow ingniter

 

[robmob]

the only problem i have with traxxas nitro cars is that you have to have a big bulky starter and the battery gets hot the heat sink gets hot and battery dies alot but on my other car all i have to do is have a small glow ingniter

????

What does this have to do with your thread title?

Are you derailing your own thread?

 

[Brushlessboy]

I dont have any overheating battery problems, or flat battery problems with my EZ start units, unless I forget to charge them but, assuming that you do have a Traxxas nitro, just put a pull start on it so you just have to carry the ignitor. Personally I find clipping the EZ start to my jeans and just carrying the tuning screwdriver is no hassle at all, whereas a weird shaped ignitor in my pocket is an uncomfortable issue.....

 

[MrClean]

????

What does this have to do with your thread title?

Are you derailing your own thread?

I read that and wondered the same thing. onder2:

 

[qaart]

if you read the post before mine they were talking bout how much easyier it is to carry a eletric car to the track