I was at A1 last night while Jon was running the DESC210. I had my Blitz ESE there for it's first run.
Ignoring the fact that I am to driving what Big Daddy was to ballet dancing I have to say that I would not have stood a chance against it, the way it clipped apex's was more like a buggy/tourer and it went effing fast round the twisties (but dunno what motor it had in it - if it was a 10.5 then I want that motor
)
Will I get one? Probably, because I like "new" stuff.
Should I get one? No, because it won't make hardly a ha'peth of difference to my lap times (a crap driver is a crap driver whichever way you shake it).
I'm gonna be controversial here and say that from where I sit the SC landscape seems to be pretty stable. All nice big wobbly trucks with not much between them. Run a Slash, SC10, Blitz or whatever and you'll have close racing and be happy. When a potential game changer (DESC210) comes along then everyone who wants to be competitive feels they have to jump ship to keep up = more expense etc. I am as guilty as that as anyone here with my buggy but I really do think that SC
can step away from that line of thought. It's a "fun" class - you don't
need to be super competitive, that's the whole point. SC can be to RC racing what BRISCA stock cars are to full size motorsport, they still have good racing at the end of the day.
Anyway, my Blitz actually went 1000% better than I expected and I'm glad I went with the inline steering blocks and the HPI ally rack, it's a completely different beasty to the RTR I had before. Much more stable, less floppy and superb turn in. It just felt a bit like it was on its tiptoes at times which I didn't like but I'll get used to that.