Soze adds a RedCat to the fleet - Gen8 Scout II

[soze]

Yeah where I crawl, there's a lot of jagged breakovers. That's where it is an issue.

Other than that... The body is humongous. I had a few Austin Powers moments trying to make sharp turns between rocks. Some of them I just gave up.

It's capable, but not as nimble as my Enduro or BOM if you get what I mean.

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[Bob_in az]

Oh yeah, the body is a lumbering beast! I drag mine through the AZ rocks & it's beat to hell by this point. Been thinking about a new, smaller body & 4.19s.

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[soze]

Originally Posted by Bob_in az

Oh yeah, the body is a lumbering beast! I drag mine through the AZ rocks & it's beat to hell by this point. Been thinking about a new, smaller body & 4.19s.

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Not just that.... Need to shorten the length. Probably new bumpers as well. Steering could be better, but I can manage with how it is now. This doesn't mean I'm dissatisfied though. I expected it to struggle with a few things that I knew would hinder it. It outperformed my expectations and actually made it up a specific obstacle even with a huge body that my stock Trx4 sport kit can't even do as is right now. I'll be working on the TRX4 so it'll make it up soon as well.

Oh yeah, stock motor was horrible for me. I'll be putting in a Holmes hobbies trailmaster sport in it probably.

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[Lil_Chop19922]

Soze, in your opinion would you rather the Gen 8 or another platform to build off of? I'm in the planning stages to build my gf a trail runner and all I've gotten so far is the Injora Jeep unlimited body and some Avatar Tsls. Thanks for your advise

[soze]

Originally Posted by Lil_Chop19922

Soze, in your opinion would you rather the Gen 8 or another platform to build off of? I'm in the planning stages to build my gf a trail runner and all I've gotten so far is the Injora Jeep unlimited body and some Avatar Tsls. Thanks for your advise

It all really depends on budget, and what direction you want to go.

Gen8 performs decently, and it looks like there are some updated parts that should help it out. If you're going with the Scout II, the body is humongous. It looks really nice, but it's a real hindrance. If you're going for the PACK, then You might be ok. The one thing I don't like about it is the steering geometry.

The aftermarket for the Gen8 is smaller than other platforms though.

I'm guessing you're looking at chassis kits since you bought an Injora body. The only other chassis kits are the SCX10.2 raw builders kit, Enduro Kit, SSD Trail King, and VS4-10 Chassis Kit (but you'll have to piece a bunch of stuff together to complete like transmission, links, axles, etc.)

I'd go with what fits in your budget. If you really want portals, the Gen8 will be good enough I guess, unless you want to pay more and get the TRX4 Sport kit.

Between the SCX10.2 raw builder's kit and the Enduro kit, I'd get the Enduro kit for the transmission and the shocks.

If budget isn't an issue, I'd get the SSD Trail King, it's a fantastic deal at $350 for what you get.

[Jim85IROC]

Originally Posted by soze

Yeah where I crawl, there's a lot of jagged breakovers. That's where it is an issue.

Other than that... The body is humongous. I had a few Austin Powers moments trying to make sharp turns between rocks. Some of them I just gave up.

It's capable, but not as nimble as my Enduro or BOM if you get what I mean.

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I couldn't agree more. I had my Enduro and my Gen8 out this past weekend with my son, and the differences were quite apparent. On my Enduro I have a Wrangler Unlimited body with the bumpers tucked super tight. Between the much more compact body and the tighter steering on the Enduro, maneuvering the Gen8 felt like trying to parallel park a school bus. The stock Redcat servo isn't helping matters any either.

The Enduro had Hyrax Predators and the Gen8 had stock tires. The Hyrax gripped MUCH better. This, combined with the advantages mentioned above made the Enduro feel like I was cheating. It could climb anything.

BUT... to the Gen8's defense, I was eventually able to get the Gen8 everywhere the Enduro went. Sure, it took me 30 tries and a boatload of wheel speed instead of just walking right up like the Enduro did, but it DID do it.

I don't really hold this against the Gen8 though. If I had the Hyrax and the smaller body on the Gen8, I think it would have been just as good as the Enduro.

[Lil_Chop19922]

Originally Posted by soze

It all really depends on budget, and what direction you want to go.

Gen8 performs decently, and it looks like there are some updated parts that should help it out. If you're going with the Scout II, the body is humongous. It looks really nice, but it's a real hindrance. If you're going for the PACK, then You might be ok. The one thing I don't like about it is the steering geometry.

The aftermarket for the Gen8 is smaller than other platforms though.

I'm guessing you're looking at chassis kits since you bought an Injora body. The only other chassis kits are the SCX10.2 raw builders kit, Enduro Kit, SSD Trail King, and VS4-10 Chassis Kit (but you'll have to piece a bunch of stuff together to complete like transmission, links, axles, etc.)

I'd go with what fits in your budget. If you really want portals, the Gen8 will be good enough I guess, unless you want to pay more and get the TRX4 Sport kit.

Between the SCX10.2 raw builder's kit and the Enduro kit, I'd get the Enduro kit for the transmission and the shocks.

If budget isn't an issue, I'd get the SSD Trail King, it's a fantastic deal at $350 for what you get.

I've looked at the ssd and really liked it. The vs4 is way out of budget but I'm not in a huge rush to get it going. I've read a bunch of your threads and knew you had some experience with a lot of the different brands.

Thanks for the help and after what you've said I'll probably go with the ssd chassis because of the after market support.

[The Luke]

This thread has been such a bad influence for me. haha I really like the black top. I might have to copy that.

[soze]

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It's been a while since I've taken the Redcat Gen8 Scout II out for a crawl, so I decided to just take it out to the beach and have some fun.