Help with choosing parts for a first robot, please.

[Gaseraki]

Welcome to the community.
Some one will come along shortly and recommend the cheaper orange one which works great on a budget. I favor the Spektrum series just because they haven't failed me.
My two cents is I don't know your experience with construction but if its new then I recommend HDPE. You can make a very decent featherweight with a jigsaw and and a drill. Plan everything out. You want to make sure you don't waste materials by making a chassis too small.
Definitely have a link.
Be careful with your wiring. Shorting out your robot and destroying all your electronics is very achievable at any level of experience.

Good luck. Keep us posted

[dotDominic]

@RogueTwoRobots
Thanks very much for the advice. To be honest I have absolutely zero wiring/soldering experience. But it's a skill I'm obviously going to need to learn if I want to build combat robots. If you could post those links when you get the chance that would be fantastic, thanks!

@Gaseraki
I've heard about that orange one but I can't find any websites that have them in stock. Yeah, I'm totally new to construction. Previously I just thought about using MDF (I don't intend to use this first robot in combat.) but plastic is something I hadn't thought about. Thanks very much for your advice!

@Craig_Colliass
Cool, thanks! I will research into that!