John - Nice to read your thoughts from what you saw at last years Nationals and UKMC3 event you attended with Team oOple
Gaz - Our section has never been a 'Micro Buggy' scale, its a 'Micro' scale, and we chose that word over the likes of 1/18th or 1/16th to allow all cars that fitted within a certain sizing to compete.
For those of you who think that EVERY micro scale car needs a wage packet spent on it to be compeptive, you are wrong. Im glad this thread has got into a nice civil debate as its good to see why people choose NOT to buy a micro or racea micro National, ut as has been proven by Craig, you can buy a £160ish LRP Shark ST and other than foams and electrics not need to buy
a single thing to make it race ready. It comes with alloy shocks, steel driveshafts, steel ball diffs and an extremely strong PBS system.
I would urge any of you who looked into the micro scene EARLY last year to reconsider and look around at how our section has progressed since the start of the Nationals.
I can honestly say I take alot of inspiration from the "10th Offroad" scene, allbeit the indoor element, but ever the less out cars are kinda like your offspring in a way lol.
As has been mentioned before, we now have a Novak sensored brushless system, comparable to the GTB, doing the rounds. LiPo's are common place and avaliable widely, foams can last upto and over 6 months a set if looked after (just basic checks to make sure the bead is still attached to the wheel).
The progress we've seen over the last year is very healthy, and whoever mentioned the 'Dummys guide to Micros'..we HAVE taken note of that and are working to make that happen, so thanks for the idea
I appreciate that a majority of micros are released and promoted as toys, but for those of us dedicated racers there is a world of seriousness (and huge fun) that hopefully will start to take the edge off the "toy" label
Thanks for all your comments and thoughts though. As ive said, it is good to hear reasons for and against the micro scene