gbduo

This is pretty good! Lots of spares, fully upgraded chassis (that is over £300 of upgrades just in anodised parts on that chassis). Not sure whether it comes with the radio gear, but that is less than £40 new so no great cost.

That truck is £300 new, plus all the spares you are looking at something that has had easily £600 spent on it. I like Schumacher as it is a UK company and customer service is sound and parts easily available.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Schumacher-menace-4x...3#ht_500wt_1156

Or there is this one which is only £40 and comes with all radio gear:-

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/menace-21-nitro-rc-c...c#ht_500wt_1141

If you are handy with these tiny, simple engines you can fix it for less than £40 or you can buy a whole new engine for £100 so yeh plenty of bargains out there...

These are seriously quick cars, great fun and if you have a large expanse of woodland/grassy area then it is perfect.

Check out www.racing-cars.com for more info on Schumacher kit.

Do it...!

e130dan

im a big fan of the rc hpi rs4 3, mine cost me £100 although iv changed loads now and my new engine has 3.3 horse power!!! its so fast but not easy to handle when there fast + when there so fast you dont have time to think about turning, lol

m1bjr

The 'Supercharged' YS brand engines that I have, all used simple exhaust gas pressure to pump up fuel the tank and supply lines.

Its a 4-cycle motor, but they are not providing compressed air, more like forced fuel/air mixture drekly.
FWIW

Nick Graves

In the Edwardian era, many cars also had that system instead of a mechanical fuel pump.

Mind you, some had a sytem that didn't require a starter motor, but that's another technology that's gone by the wayside.