Its inevitable that in the end all racers will have to own a PT, Bedworth has 3 sets of handouts (we were selling one but withdrew it when AMB anounced they were stoping making them), yes batteries can be replaced but as they brake, go missing etc in the end clubs will end up with none (OK may be years down the line), to lend a PT we would want a £60 deposit incase that person went off with it (hand out come back at the end of each race so we can constantly check for mising ones).
The cost of a genuine PT is now only about £65 so no more than a motor or pack of Lipos so if you can afford £100s on race equipment why not a PT, why should the clubs keep spending out thousand's on handouts ? that money could go elsewhere.
ON MRT PTs beware ! im not sure where they are getting the numbers from but they are not unique like AMB ones, we had one person buy a MRT PT and 6 of the numbers were already registered to people racing at Bedworth ?? we have also had people try to book in and i have had to tell them there PT number is already registered, our policy is the genunine AMB number always get priority, yes they work fine, cheep and getting one cloned for your second car is fine, but what happens when that person gives up and sells both PTs locally to different people.
This problem will only get worce with the demise of the handout transponder.
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