Personally I would love it to be the future. Granted I've not tried nitro yet (depsite having my Agama over a year
) but I've attended several meetings, you see the top drivers race fine but the ones that are starting or even have done it for a while get problems with their engines cutting quite often or not keeping a consistent tune. Sure I understand that is part of the skill of nitro and the extra element to it but I've not got a lot of time outside of work to maintain the car, therefore the slightly easier and less maintenance route of an 8th electric would be better for me.
I think it's a shame the 8th nitro racers aren't embracing the technology more. There is always problems with councils not wanting to give up land for our hobby especially if it's noise nitro's. Obviously the 8ths electric's are quieter and if 8th clubs were running both with separate races for nitro and electric ( providing there were enough electrics ) it would lessen the noise for a while, perhaps because of that complaints would lessen.
I don't understand why people are thinking of taking 8th on 10th electric tracks though. There are plenty of 8th off road tracks around, the question is why won't the nitro runners accept the lipo powered buggies more. This is a niche hobby we should try and stick together rather than go against each other.