Best advice to help it grow - keep it simple and cheap. Here's the most stripped down set of rules I can think of.

- Any Tamiya M Chassis (M01-M06)
- Cheap spec BL system or silver can
- Any mini rubber tire/hop-up/body/diff (Stock gear ratios! No cheater gears!)
- 2S hardcase batteries
- Set a minimum weight

Here's why this works.

- Allowing all chassis gives freedom of choice, but it will naturally filter itself down to one or two that work.
- Speccing the motor will prevent motor wars or motor of the month crap. Keeps it cheap.
- Opening up option for hop-ups, etc, gives choice and, in most cases, the price of entry into aftermarket hop-ups, tires and bodies is WAY cheaper than Tamiya. (Although the quality of some Tamiya stuff is superior)
- Allowing all diffs shuts up the whiners and people running stock ones will find a way to lock them up anyhow. Keep stock gear ratios, though. The available "speed gears" are garbage.
- Hardcase batteries. Safety!
- Minimum weight. Helps filter out cheaters or, as they'd describe themselves, smart, crafty, innovators or "engineers". Go for something between 1220-1300g.


Jim