Originally Posted by
Scrubb
I was fair with my pricing, At Tower Hobbies the Novak GTB is $244, at Maxamps the 8000mah lipo is $140, and thats internet prices. At the trackI goto, another new racer was recently sold a RTR AE T4 with 2 3800mah batteries and a peak charger, and double "a" batteries for the radio for $380.
That still beats your $380 dollar Losi Brushless, $80 dollar battery, and $40 charger.
$380 or your $500 package? Which one do you think is going to save the hobby?
Definitely the $380 package will help the hobby for sure, I am not disputing that at all. I am just saying that brushless and lipo for 10 minute or more racing aren't as expensive as some people think. Novak is helping out the budgeted racer by releasing the cheaper brushless XBR systems. LIPOs from maxamps are as cheap as nimh too. One of the nicest lipo chargers I have seen, the cellpro is only $75 or scorpion for $70. Or get the orion or duratrax chargers.