Originally Posted by tallyrc

hes only been in the hobby 2 years.. he doesnt remember long nights in the basement dynoing all 10 of you motors to find the good one. tweeking brushes, polishing hoods. trying this brush with that brush or the other brush. then a half dozen spring combos. trueing the coms all the damn time. all for a motor that lasted a month a racing with tons of work.. meanwhile we still had the ESC of the week issues back then with variable drive frequencies and pulse width adjustments blah blah blah.. and they were still $200 even back then..