Remember this year there isn't a national until the 2nd week in May so it's not as bad as it sounds. People still have 2 and a bit months from the list being made public to the first round of the championship.

I realise that the first nat is later gaz, but my thinking was from when i started back being an f5 it was very hard to gain entry to the meetings.
All i am wnodering is that if you are an F5 and leave entry till the list is released, what are the odds of getting in?:D
Mine will be in the post asap anyhow;)

If you are talking about saddle packs you can be guaranteed that cells from last year will be illegal for 2009 as they are either too big or not in a sealed hard case. There's no guarantee that any current stick pack will be on the list either.

Surely if an F5 wants to run in the nationals they should get their entry in as soon as possible, then buy whatever batteries are needed when the list is produced. Presuming you are planning on doing the series (better chance of getting in than just your local race) then buying a new pack or two of lipos won't be your greatest expense.

Ive heard about a few new saddle pack lipo's being developed now maybe the future is bring after all.

A

Future is bring, future is banana. :lol:

The cost of Lipo is not significant, my single concern is that there will be enough packs for all the racers who'll all be ordering them as soon as they know what they can order.

there was enough new nimh's last year when the new cell list came out so i can't really see it being a problem this year..

There wasn't when I was trying to get mine :mad:

obviously didnt look hard enough, plenty around before the national's started

or mine! Thanks JC for the loan ;)

You cheeky sod :mad:

I tried most of the bigger / well known shops in the UK and none could supply me with 6 packs of cells all of the same make and specification that fitted within the BRCA rules for the 2008 Nationals.

In the end I went direct to Team Almighty who I have to say did do a great job, but it did cut it fine as I got them one week before the first national!!!!

Yeah, i had a real hard job sourcing cells too - only ones i could find were on ebay in the end and very expensive :cry:

UP YOUR'S:p

horizon had stock before the national series' started so any shop with an account could have supplied you with cell's...

Im sponsored by LRP and Horizon were the distributors at the time, they couldn't supply me with mammas/cobras or shos..Neither could they with my local shops. spoke to spash several times about it..

They may well have had stock but I couldn't get hold of any of it and I would think that all the shops I contacted would have a trade account with Horizon.

Sounds like some need to learn the valuable asset of COMMUNICATION

Anyone seen this ?

http://www.apexmodels.com/gbu0-prodshow/LRP79865.html

Wonder what the (BRCA) means ?

(Not) (BRCA) approved probably.:cry: Delete as necessary.
That part number is the soft cased LiPo, so it won't be any good for BRCA approval anyway.

Its a little misleading I feel for those that arent aware that the list isnt out yet

Hmm, a few people suddenly selling off loads of nimh in the sale section.

Taking a few weeks off without racing, or insider info...?

I'm selling them cos i'd rather just not race than run NiMh cells again. If LiPo stick are only available, i'll just race 2wd only.

Afraid i have no insider info :o

insider info :p

its amazing what you can find out if ask the right questions ;)