We can only hope that the gulf oil crisis makes ppl wake up to themselves and explore alternative methods of fuel for all applications...if it doesnt kill us all first.

Funny this thread should appear as I was watching Whitte Zombie vid again yesterday...keep getting drawn back to it for some reason.

Id love to go electric, I just don't think the technology is being made readily available enough yet, I know it exists and has had for a long time, there must be some good reason and its not how much it costs to make...considering you can pick up a cordless drill for under 20 bucks nowadays :)

Lithium Polymer is the way to go, since the introduction of these and brushless motors to remote control applications, most of the benefits of electric far outweigh nitro-powered engines...so why not scale it up?
Just think of how easy, cheap, quiet and CLEAN it could be, instant torque would only be the beginning of the bonuses.