[Adam Skelding]

TBH:
I've had this discussion with quite a few people who have questioned the price of the DEX410.
My reply has been:

1. Most people who are buying the DEX410 are not 1st timers, so the demographic is quite different.
2. How many kits come so well specced out of the box? We've all run car's that have required a lot of money to get them working out of the box.
3. How many packs of NiMH's did you take to racing last year (~6 x £60= £360) and how many packs of LiPo's do you take to a meeting now? (1 or 2 @ £60= £120). How often do they need replacing compared to NiMH's.

I think the days of the Chassis being the cheap part of the sport are gone. Actually turning upto meetings (Fuel, Food, accomodation (where needed)) is the more cost consuming part of racing. We don't have to buy brushes, skim motors and replace worn out armatures anymore.

Brushless and LiPo have driven the cost of off road down, which has made the class boom a little again and probably made the kits look expensive again in relative terms.

Those who have bought the DEX410, certainly don't seem to be complaining about the money they've parted with. Which to me speaks volumes....