The Down side to brushless racing
Im glad this thread has appeared. This class is aimed at the beginner/kids and the old lads but watching of late the power these cars have is too much for most in the class. Its got out of control with people ramping the timing up messing with boost ect. Where has the level playing field of the tamiya sport tuned and saturn 20t days gone?
I think this class should have stayed brushed with some rules to keep the costs down this way beginners would have a chance to learn how to race correctly before tackling faster brushless and promote cheaper closer racing.
Before anyone says about lipo performance now you can buy lipos cheap at a max of 40c not producing massive amounts of power. This will ensure motors dont burn out fast and the average price of this kind of lipo is around £40 not £90 like the higher c rating.
Motor should be the saturn 20t at £8 and for a seasons racing if you ended up using 2 or 3 its cost at max £24.
If the class was still brushed then i would say a controlled ESC to be used IE the one that Brett suggested again to keep costs down and stop people buying power advantage.
When i started out this class was Brilliant close racing quite quick but not out of control like now. The committee at York have missed a trick here in keeping this class from getting out of hand and keeping it beginner friendly.
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