My advice to Ian H would be, get either a Mardave or SupaStox depending on preference - personally I would go with SS as the package is more complete for the same price, and instructions MUCH clearer for a newcomer. However, with regard to the rest of the equipment you probably can't go far wrong with a 2 cell LiPo/21.5T setup as that would be BRCA legal everywhere and I am sure would always be legal at Gloucester regardless of the final ruling on equipment. It might not have the ultimate pace of the cars many of us currently run, but that would actually be a good thing for a young newcomer. As we all know, learning to race is never helped by having a stupidly fast car.
As for the racing format, everyone here seems to agree. GT12 is GT12, we should not distinguish between the car manufacturers. Hopefully, more manufacturers will bring out cars for the class which can then also be raced without the need for specific chassis homologation. This would also allow the inclusion of home built cars, something that hasn't been strictly race legal for years and holds back RC racing too much...
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