DerbyDan, thanks for the offer of popping in with my car. I will try to do that, the next week or two I have things to do on fridays but if I can make the time I definately will do.
Im pretty sure that this is something I want to do, I was hooked since my days as an 8 year old trundling my Madcap round Burton Latimer community centre. I only gave up then as my parents didnt share my interest and my £5 a week pocket money just didnt cut it against the Losi XX and whatever else was hot property at the time. Then women and booze distracted my for a good few years but Im back on track now and want to pick up where I left off, and get winning a few nationals....
What I need right now more than anything is somewhere I can go in and around Kettering to get some serious hours of practice in without the competition of racing to tempt me into pushing it too hard too soon. I have only once so far been able to open up the throttle in anger and it almost took off (literally, the nose went skyward and pulled a huge wheelie!)
With regards to the other posts, thanks for your input guys! I think I agree with the general consensus, the short list of 3 has become 2. So its now a straight fight between the FS2 or SX3.
There is obviously the sensible aspect to consider of sticking with Kyosho to have the luxury of some parts being inter-changeable between cars, and then there is Schumacher who's factory is only 20 mins from my front door so would like to do my bit to support local business
Ok so thats not a good reason but I am drawn to the SX3.
How do belt drives compare to shaft drives on 4WD cars?