Originally Posted by Cookie1892 (Post 937141)

Hello Everyone

I am an old member of the club from its days at Longbenton high school having been introduced to RC Racing Cars in my early teens by my neighbours Pat and Eddie.

I haven't raced for nigh on 16/17 years and i am seriously thinking of getting back into it but from talking to Lazy Surfer via email the last couple of days and looking at a few videos, the technology and speed is way way advanced. i hope to pop in on a monday night soon to see the racing first hand as well.

Can anyone provide an old noob with some advice on the following questions if possible relating to Touring Cars..

what chassis/manufacturer these days? in my day it was tamiya, schumacher and kyosho had just started making waves

Still the same as above are around with a few new ones, pop along to the club on a Monday for a chat.= - if you still have anything drivable, bring it:woot:

tyres? - i still have a load of schumacher yellow mini pins and also slicks from when the club would race on carpet on a sunday although ive seen rally blocks are starting to be a fave
Tyres are still debatable, pins, blocks and semi slicks all seem to be comparable at the moment, just a case of balancing overall grip with lifespan.


transponders - the club used to provide these with the print out timing system in the past, whats the deal now?

Club uses AMB personal transponders now - around £70 new - not much less second hand if you can manage to find a second hand one!

crystals? still in use? i still have some with my futaba controller

I'm still on 27mhz and I think I might be the only one so unlikely to get a colour clash!! Crystals are fine :D

batteries? i understand these are now completely different

Yes but if your Ni-Cd s still have lide you can use them - Li-Po are a 100% improvement tho as are brushless motors

and finally - below depends what you have/need - always stuff for sale cheaply.

if i wanted a decent competitive set up ready to go maybe 2nd hand so i can get acquainted to it what sort of pricing would i be looking at

Originally Posted by paulainscow (Post 946680)

Hi Steve

Any closer to being back on track as yet?

Originally Posted by lazysurfer (Post 946808)

I'm not sure if Gary's racing his Mi5 again - I know he broke something on the HPI the other week and said that he couldn't get spares!

Originally Posted by lazysurfer (Post 947333)

Just get one of them bought and get yourself on the track :thumbsup:
No racing 2n'd May so plenty time to get sorted for 9th!:woot: