Back after 20 years. Advice please

[AndyF]

Hi,

Not raced since the days of my procat (which I still have).

Thinking of getting a cheap 2wd car and like the look of that madrat. I have seen that everyone is running brushless motors and lipo batteries.

Now I don't want to race straight away and the car will be played with by my kids as well. So I was thinking, why don't I stick to NiMh Cells for which I already have a charger (20 years old but still appears to work) and brushed motors which appear very cheap these days.

So would the following mega cheap combination work for an 8 year old and a very rusty 36 year old to have some fun.

Motor
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Will be as fast as my old procat with the 18T motor I had in that I would think.

Speed controller
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DC-motor-speed...item3f096ecd7f

This seams impossibly cheap compared to the prices I remember, do they actually work? I could use my old silverstar but i'm betting it will be a bit big and long in the tooth.

Cells
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4x-7-2V-3800mA...item4aa949f984

You couldn't get one pack of 1700mAH cells for that the last time i bought some.

Radio

I would just use my old 27MHz trany, receiver and servo from the procat. I powered them up with some old cells and they appeared to still work. If I did decide to race again, I assume 27MHz is still legal?

Cheers guys.