The cost of batteries is vastly reduced for racers at club level and above from a few years ago, we used to carry 6 or more sets of 'factory' matched cells, we would use them once only at any meeting, that's 4 heats & a final or 3 finals if no one else turned up, these packs were over 50 quid each and needed attention between meetings, discharge, balance & charge. These days we can & do race on one lipo (second as backup in box) all day. Saving money & time.
The approval process also keeps the sport fair, you can assume now more than ever that other driver's don't have better batteries than you, we all have more power than we can handle.
ShaneyB seems to have this thread running twice so a bit off topic's not so bad.
but there is lots of good kit in the for sale section, problem when starting is knowing whats worth having & whats not. Visit to a few clubs will help.
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