The point of creating new tutorials or cataloguing existing stuff is so that we don't have to answer the same questions over & over. Doing your own research can be expensive; how many people can afford to buy 3 or 4 different ESCs to find the one that works best for them?

I think what Matt is getting at is that if experienced builders contributed a bit about the ESCs they used (as an example) and he compiled that into a comprehensive guide, then noobs could read that and ask more educated questions on the forum.

As for 'the basics', I see a lot of builders that don't know what they don't know . I could write a surprising amount on just drilling holes that many builders don't know about.

Perhaps including material on really dangerous stuff like flame-throwers and HP pneumatics is a bad idea; a general overview of these topics would still be good, so new builders at least know WHY they are dangerous.