I actually don't think the costs are too bad in recent years. It will still cost a bit to get going initially but for regional and club meetings it's not too bad.
Cells and motors are now much cheaper than they used to be for good ones, the cells I made the 4wd A final with at Tiverton this year were £27 a pack and 6 months old! We can buy from the US, motors for £35, speedo's for £75, brand new B4 team kits for about £100, you don't have to spend thousands.
Likewise radio gear, I only changed my old Acoms transmitter I'd used for yonks to a KO because the poor little Acoms was getting swamped by all the powerful transmitters at bigger meetings. I didn't get any faster with my KO, stuff like steering EPA ect are nice to have for setting the car up but you can get it close enough if you know how to set your car up properly.
I rekon you could start from scratch with £500 and have brand new gear capable of winning regionals, all the carbon fibre this titanium that doesn't make you car go any faster. At the higher levels you obviously need the car to be working as well as the thumbs, but for club meetings you don't need mega bucks to enjoy yourself which is the reason we race toy cars in the first place isn't it?
Col, give Nick at Demon a call, he'll sort you out with some decent cells :smile:
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