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Originally Posted by steelie600
YOU DONT NEED BRCA LEGAL CELLS FOR CLUB RACING!!! that is bollocks!! its down to the clubs discretion.
Wolfie knows me, he knows my main class is nitro off road of which im pretty good, and he knows my 12th scale.
Basically I bought a second hand S120 full setup for a steal. rebuilt it to kit standard setup, put some new tyres on it and drove it. The kit setup was very easy to drive, the brushed motor complimented the chassis very well wasnt too powerful but was as fast as the brushless on the straights, maybe it lacked a little out of the corners but top end it was fine. Now I dont want to blow my own trumpet but at my first ever 12th meeting i was 2nd overall with a second hand t-bar car!!! the only person I couldnt beat was Jim Spencer!
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Thanks Kev, at least you understand where i'm coming from.
Also as for cells, Kev is right, any cells will be OK for club racing, plus i do believe ANY unlisted cell (provided it is pre-stamped or labeled by a manufactuer) & under 3800mah IS classed as BRCA legal - i asked the aforementioned Jim Spencer about this & he confirmed this was the case & companies such as Vapex still sell/make them, so all this talk about Sub C cells being discontinued is utter rot.. Sub C cells are still being manufactured & are widely used in most of the battery operated power tools & the like.
Plus companies like Ansmann, Intellect, GP, Orion, SMC etc are still knocking out 6 cell stick packs which can be easily split to make saddle packs & some are made up of cells still on the BRCA cell list & dare i say it it may be cheaper to buy stick packs & split them rather than buy the cells individually. Granted buying individual cells from the BRCA cell list are getting harder to find, but they are still out there. 2 stick packs will make up 3x 4 cell packs to run in a 12th.