My son who is now 19 pays for this hobby & is winning club races w/ about $600.00 in his setup. He started w/ a hyper 7 rtr he bought for 299.00 & did quite well w/ it then sold it for 180.00 . He is a very good driver , but is starting to get bored & is talking about racing mx again so if he had invested thousands he would have been wasting alot of money. Hre is his setup.
Used jammin x1 off ebay $160.00
used extech .21 from guy at the track $ 80.00
spectrum dx 2 $ 129.00
high tec steering servo $ 120.00
high tec throttle servo $ 30.00
Used starter box from guy at track $ 25.00
gell cell battery $ 25.00