Originally Posted by daveb

Thanks for your input Dan. I'm not opposed to lack of parts because I rarely break anything. BUT things do happen. I hate to be running and not be able to run because parts are unavailable. My local track carries practically NO parts so ordering them is the main option. Just last week I broke a front arm on my TC7.1. The replacement arm I had but the outter hinge pin i didn't. I had to cut a 2 mm drill bit down to get it back up and running.
The Roche looks great for value but where do I even buy it from? Looks like direct is the best avenue. We have one X1 running and a few F6's here every Saturday. The others are Yokomo's, VBC's and Tamiya's.