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Originally Posted by DynaMight
It does all seem a little strange that others (if I'm reading it right, Micros & 1/8ths) can run whatever batteries they like but we're still stuck.
I dont want to sound like a keyboard warrior but it seems like the guys who go upto the AGM's for 'us' are the types who are happy to spend top whack on RC Gear so keeping the batteries the same makes no difference to them. I know everyone can go, but I'm not exactly a hardcore racer, I'm just a casual Sunday racer so wouldn't take to take a 400mile round trip for a meeting. I also assume that the 20 people who turned up were not all 1/10 guys, so chances are only a few were deciding our fates for the year.
RC for me is cheap fun, I don't want to be spending £40-80 per battery when I can get perfectly good ones for £20, all my kit is budget. If I had to spend top whack for everything, then quite simply, I wouldn't be racing.
As suggested, in this day and age, the BRCA really should open it up to every BRCA member via the web, not a AGM in one location. Easy to setup, you could even do it through a simple questionnaire.
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Hear hear. Or the the other conclusion is that the BRCA fosters elitism, because competition is excluded for lack of the accepted equipment, even though it is fit for purpose. So which is worse? The risk of loosing ones hand and not being able to get 30 grand for it or elitism?
