Thank you for the good advice, I live in burnley area but I dont mind driving to meet people, I was even going to drive to robochallange in birmingham to talk to the guys there and buy some bits, anyone know if there are any teams near me?

I take it the parts are linked in this chain

battery>speed controller>reciever>motor?

would I need a seperate battery for a weapon?

Sorry for the newbie questions haha