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11-14-2008, 04:29 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: May 2006 Location: in a house in alaska
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i say its to flimzy and for what it will cst its cheeper to buy that new venom crawler
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11-14-2008, 05:59 PM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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Not Flimsy...I have handled 1 in person Also, Venom versus this... 2 different trucks, 2 different classes. They dont even compete | |
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11-14-2008, 08:05 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Plainfield, IL.
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11-14-2008, 08:27 PM
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| I'm a stupid C U N T! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In the Garage!
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from my personal experiences with redcat, from working the hobby shop scene, is that they're CHEAP copies of others trucks, and usually broke shortly after they were purchased. That being said they were easy enough to take apart but getting parts was not exactly easy. That being said  again... This doesn't look like any other companies truck like their other stuff so maybe they made something worth while?
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11-15-2008, 07:21 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tax Nation
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Talking with Nick from Redcat at Ihobby, the pro-version at least is designed in-house. The version of this truck I saw at the show had axles that appeared to have been milled versus molded which lead me to believe it was a prototype.
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11-15-2008, 10:10 AM
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| I wanna be Dave  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state!
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You have pics of that Pro version Jetboat. I saw them somewhere.
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11-15-2008, 01:33 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Indian Village Pontiac
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i wanna see some pics of the neked axles, they may have potential with the high clearance center section..
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11-15-2008, 03:58 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Plainfield, IL.
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I also seen them somewhere and would like for you to post them up again if you could. | |
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11-16-2008, 11:59 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state!
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I found em yesterday, but Jason made me watch some queer ass video      |
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11-16-2008, 12:13 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Home of the ORIGINAL Terminator chassis
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The "Pro" version and the $280 RTR version do not share the same axle design. Here are a couple shots of the $280 version axles:   |
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11-16-2008, 12:17 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: May 2006 Location: akron
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I like the look of the high clearance RTR axles better.. that is one of the better ideas I see on the thing..
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11-16-2008, 06:15 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Plainfield, IL.
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11-16-2008, 06:44 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Iowa, the antirecreation state!
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Yah the "pink" is gaudy.
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07-22-2010, 05:56 AM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: monticello
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any new updates on this thing? I am looking at one right now. thy seem to have decent support but I would like your opinions.
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07-23-2010, 12:31 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Shelter Cove
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Necro thread back from the dead. I've been told to "steer clear" of this brand.
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07-23-2010, 01:42 AM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Houston
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Well for someone who doesn't comp it's a decent price for a super. Looks sturdy but you can never tell until you actually drive one or read some reviews....looks like a mix of Axial/Berg designs all over the place. I would like to see it in action though. Downside is even at the cheap price for a super if something breaks you're an ocean away. Plus just because it's a crawler and you go slow does not mean items will be harder to break! |
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07-23-2010, 09:29 AM
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07-23-2010, 10:01 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Weatherford
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Check out the rs10 section on here, lots of guys running the redcat rs10 with good results, I know it's not the same as this one, but Redcat stuff isn't complete junk. Some of their stuff isn't the best, but for the money it could be a good starting point. Especially if someone wanted to give a super class rig a try but didn't want to spend $500+ to build one, it probably won't win any real comps, but if you are a recreational crawler (yes, not everyone is into comps) it might make a good rig.
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07-23-2010, 11:33 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: KC
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I saw one at Disney this year, it had a lot of trouble making it through a half a course before it died. | |
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07-23-2010, 09:48 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: monticello
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well I went ahead and picked one up. it ended up being $203 shipped. will see it next week sometime. I will def post up what I think of it. I have been around rc's for a while but been out of the loop for about 4 years. I have plenty of extra parts from the other 2 I have, a duratrax axis and an e-maxx. so I should be able to make something work with this one. and I am not looking to getting into any kind of competition at all. it is simply to play around in the back yard with a couple of buddies that have crawlers. we are going to set up a small "course" to have some fun with. |
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