I'm not actually having a winge, just making a comment (and I do pretty well on the track). And yes, I'm also joining the dark side (already have one timing advance ESC with a 2nd on the way). The point I'm trying to make is as soon as someone (a manufacture) works out how to take advantage of the rules everyone else will jump on board.

Weather this is a good thing, I'm not sure, its not killed racing yet but I can see the need for either thought to be given to the current 17.5 and 10.5 rules or the development of a TC class that is slower and aimed at lower budgets where the equipment does not need to be turned over every 12 months while being flexible enough to allow people to use older equipment from the 10.5/17.5.

21.5 seems to be gaining popularity and presents an opportunity to perhaps reinvent the 'Stock Class', the two 540 based classes at my club that allow these motors are now almost entirely 21.5 and this year Challenge Cup is introducing a 21.5 class. Perhaps we could use full scale motor racing as a basis and introduce a 'lite' version of TC spec racing. Cars open, motors 21.5 and the battery, ESC (and ESC firmware) and motor must all have been available in the market for over two years with the list of approved equipment being updated at the start of every year.

I'm not critisting anyone but its a shame that when the BL motor rules were developed nobody thought to include a line indicating that the timing must be locked (as it was for the brushed motors).

I was doing some testing recently and a friend who used to race mod was watching my car indicated that it looked as though it was going as fast as a 9t from the old days.