No lar. There was no space for the battery of receiver. So, the BEC was very "useful".
The BEC was not included in the kit. I bought the option from "Hing Kee" for an additional 30 dollars when I assembled the mechanical speed controller.
I used it for a year until I could afford a cheap ESC.
yes ar.... need to play it smartly....however at that time, a 1200mah battery could only last for ~5to8 mins max (with my crazy trackless forward & backward drifting style). To avoid chicken catching, we got to play it like today lipo battery cars w/o lipo low V function...haha