I cam back to the hobby in Oct last year having been away for 22 years.
Lipos, brushless and 2.4ghz were the things that amazed me the most.
No more dumping, going at balistic speeds for way for time than needed.
No more lost cars/signal cos some plonka turns on his car in the pits to TEST something!!!!
one motor does all tracks!!!!
One or 2 lipos for the entire DAY!!!!
wow.
I got a cougar SV to come back racing and loved it, it does suffer a little from the chocolate strength syndrome when driven by a newbie, and i broke lots of things on it. but once you get the thumbs working again, they break less lol....
the new SV2 is the laest in the Cougar clan, and at £235 retail for the kit is not to bad. but plenty of used SV's about so easy to get a roller SV for sub £100 now.
I have a 22 now and love it, a bit tougher, but tight on the room for electrics, if you have small stuff its fine but room for the normal saddles and full size servo when using a small ESC and micro RX.
The B4.1 is also a great car, as is the DEX210 Durango. really plenty of choice.
he X2c is a great starter and also upgradeable for the top racers. there are a few top club people with ansmann's and they do very well.
Go see what your local club runs mostly and what your local hobby store stocks, that will give you a decent idea what you will be best buying.
Spares for me at the start was a big issue hence the schumacher route.
I have an SX3 4wd schumacher as well and its great. its really a "what you fancy" sort of thing.....
Happy Racing.
