[Cockerill]

Wow, a lot posts, didn't expect this many.

The major issued raised seems to be fitment to cars.

You have to remember that the cars out today are not designed for Lipo, so of course fitment will be an issue, but as Lipo is legalised new cars will be released that will allow direct fitment.

However, When brushless was first introduced did it fit in every car? Yet we are still running it, and I can think of certain motor/chassis combination's that still don't fit. The most popular speedo's have to have fans removed as they don't fit under body shells and gearing was a problem with some cars when we had to run bonded rotors.

When we got the 4200 generation of cells they didn't fit into every car. Some had to have chassis's modified, battery straps modified and special 'flat' battery bars had to be used, yet we still used them.

IMO the performance issue is rubbish, unless you already running the quickest motor's and batteries available and wanting more power, which I doubt anyone is in off-road.

The cost issue is something that we will have to accept, just like brushless. Most of us probably have skimmers sat at home that are worthless, but we choose to run brushless, no one says we have to.