Just a couple of things

[Mullan84]

Sorry for being the annoying newbie, just a couple of things 1, who do I pay to become a member and what do I get with it? 2) steering servo upgrade, would it make the car handle better? What's the differnce between one that's says 3kg and 22kg? Sorry again.

[Si Coe]

The first one is easy - just turn up any Sunday we are racing (like this one) and ask in race control. Failing that ask Birdy on here as he handles membership (and pretty much everything else for that matter).
What does it get you? Well it costs less to race at our meetings is the main thing, but also you get a discount at a number of stores and the code to access our rostrum for practice on non-race days. So it doesn't take a lot to make it worth joining.

In servo terms, for 1/10th speed is more important than torque. Admittedly 3kg is a bit low - 8-10kg is fine and you certainly don't need 22kg! What you do want is a speed of around 0.1s or lower, metal gears and digital.

[Mullan84]

Originally Posted by Si Coe

The first one is easy - just turn up any Sunday we are racing (like this one) and ask in race control. Failing that ask Birdy on here as he handles membership (and pretty much everything else for that matter).
What does it get you? Well it costs less to race at our meetings is the main thing, but also you get a discount at a number of stores and the code to access our rostrum for practice on non-race days. So it doesn't take a lot to make it worth joining.

In servo terms, for 1/10th speed is more important than torque. Admittedly 3kg is a bit low - 8-10kg is fine and you certainly don't need 22kg! What you do want is a speed of around 0.1s or lower, metal gears and digital.

Is there any you would recommend or stay clear of?

[Navek668]

Originally Posted by Mullan84

Is there any you would recommend or stay clear of?

Savox, core-rc, hitec, futaba, ko propo, depends on budget, Savox are quite reliable and don't cost too much around £45 but you can go crazy and spend over £150, just avoid slower servos and low profile ones and you should be fine.

[Mullan84]

Originally Posted by Navek668

Savox, core-rc, hitec, futaba, ko propo, depends on budget, Savox are quite reliable and don't cost too much around £45 but you can go crazy and spend over £150, just avoid slower servos and low profile ones and you should be fine.

Cheers pal. Trying to keep it cheap as possible.
Is this any good?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/RC-Turnigy-T...ATCHING_ACTIVE

[Navek668]

Originally Posted by Mullan84

Cheers pal. Trying to keep it cheap as possible.
Is this any good?

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/RC-Turnigy-T...ATCHING_ACTIVE

Probably be a be a bit too much of a handful, I don't know anyone at BMRCC that would use a 3.5t motor, most I think use a 5.5t or 6.5t on 4wd or 7.5t on 2wd, if you are just getting back into rc that will probably not help having too much power its more about learning how the car handles first then trying to build up speed and control, i don't pretend to know everything only being relatively new myself but would look for something like the above and get a decent esc that you can adjust as you get quicker to give more speed and timing rather than a very quick motor straight away