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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- I’ve spent a lot of time testing this truck and I’m so excited to finally be bringing to you guys! Redcat has worked very hard to get this truck the best they can for as cheap as possible. Let’s check it out and see just how good it is!
Redcat Ascent 1/18 found here
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Opening thoughts
4:15 transmitter and bench look
13:40 turning radius vs others
16:30 incline test
19:38 size comparison to others
21:15 what’s included
22:55 running!
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Opening thoughts
4:15 transmitter and bench look
13:40 turning radius vs others
16:30 incline test
19:38 size comparison to others
21:15 what’s included
22:55 running!
I love how you have a "$100" truck on the table with $300+ in upgrade parts....I think we know how Redcat plans to make their money back 😂. But this thing looks really sweet right out of the box, definitely gonna grab one!
Yeah they gotta make money somewhere lol
Till injora comes along
Yup they just released a full kit for the Ascent 18 for 75$@@justinlindsey9178
I love the Ascent 18 I've only had it a few weeks and its head and shoulders above every other small crawler at that price
Totally agree!
This is pretty exciting! Another player in the mini realm with a good rtr! It's in my cart, trying to justify it in my mind. Any of their upgrades that I should get right off the bat? Thinking front brass portal covers, though they ain't cheap. Would like to see it next to the EVO PRO.
The portal covers add some good weight for sure. I think it’ll really gain some performance with underdrive to the rear! Not sure the exact date those will be available but I’ll have some asap! lol
I got one recently, $120. I have the fms fcx24, Atlas 6x6, hilux and k10 trucks...all which cost more and the throttle control/feel of the ascent 18 is better than all the others and really impressive for a $120 rtr. The gearing is correct for most crawling and trail driving as well. The only thing I wish they did differently was have the center of the axles be the same, like on bigger crawlers...because the rx has a 3rd channel and #3 on the transmitter is a 3 position switch...so if you could make the rear axle a steering axle, 4ws wouldn't be hard to do. As it sits, you'd need a whole front axle and they don't sell complete axles yet
My daughters birthday is next month, and she wants to get into RC. 8yrs old.
I just bought two through your link, the red and the blue.
Looks good!
Thank you for the review.
Hope you guys love them! Really appreciate the support 🙏
@@2fmrcif at all possible that you could talk to RedCat...
A pinched body would be awesome.
Maybe a honcho rollcage.
An Athos-level chassis upgrade.
And some LCG options to drop this thing down.
👍
Carry on. 😊
@MrsRabbit8 not a honcho style cage, but check out what harley designs did with his.
@@tundrasr5709 oh that thing is sweet! I'm gonna do that one.
Let's go!!!!! I can't wait to get one and see what free mods you did. 🤘
Got one on the way. I went with red. Thanks for the review. If you are excited about it, I know it must be good.
It’s sweet for the price no doubt! Hope you love it!
99!!!! That's insane, plus it's a great truck, once again a great review by 2fm😊
Thanks man! I couldn’t believe the price!
119$ now
Enjoy your reviews thank you. You ask your viewers for ideas for your show. I notice you review mostly crawlers. My question to you is, do you think a running list of the top 10 in 1/10, 1/18, 1/24 scale would be helpful.
Anyone else have issues ordering off the Redcat site? Get to pay ment then kicks me back to reveiw order 3 different times now and the silver truck I was ordering is now out of stock the next day..
Haven’t heard of any issues. That sucks
This Ascent 18 would be easy to turn into a monster truck with some FMS - Smasher tires & wheels. It could be a monster truck & crawler with a simple change of tires & wheels.
True! Be nice to have some open diffs for it though
Just ordered with brass diff covers and front portal inners and outers. Super pumped.
Nice! Hope you love it!
Super excited! Redcat coming out swinging this year!
Have one ordered and will be trying a Holmes 180 motor in it.
Just had to watch the video again, I'm excited!
One thing that i really appreciate is the approach & departure angles.
Other trucks, such as the gladiator have some serious overhang.
I'm also not into hard bodies with a wheel sticking off the back, i know it's fun for some people to have a bunch of realistic details, but for me that's not a good balance of performance and scale.
I've heard from a few people that Redcat has quality issues, so we will have to see what we see with this one.
Definitely should be in every micro crawlers collection ❤
Dang it I just got the evo pro and the fcx10, but you show this and I want it too. Thanks for another great honest review🎉
I think a lot of people are in the same boat lol. Lots of good releases lately!
Nice rig man 😋👌
I’ve been wanting the 1/10th but think I may settle for the 1/18th for now!
So I am heavily invested in 1/24. I've resisted 1/18 for the past couple of years and refused to buy into that scale as I didn't want another scale to start stocking up on parts as well but the dang market is REALLY making it hard for me to keep resisting. What is everyone's thoughts? Am I doomed to start buting 1/18 size products now??
Agree. And I'm not even that far into the SCX24 Kool-aid bowl. I really love the small size of the 1/24th. But I agree, 1/18th seems to be where things are settling in. I suppose it gives a bit more room for fitting stuff in more easily. At least this and the Evo pro are close to the SCX24 size, unlike the TRX 4M and others. So at least they'll run on courses people have build for their SCX's.
Most of these 1/18s share the same wheels/tires and electronics as the 1/24s. Besides that not a ton of stuff crosses on them anyways so I say may as well add another scale to the collection 😆
I felt the same way, and also a bit feeling like my unfinished projects are doomed now for sure.
Damn.
Well, they're not too much different in size, and many shared parts, so no worries on that.
It's nice and inexpensive but...
Redcat is very very hard to find on the European market and as I live in Europe, I will not be able to get it.
Just like for the 1/10, I couldn't get one so I took an rc ecto element instead and for the 1/18 well, I'm going to stay with traxxas...
Looks nice shame cant get it in UK
Great now I have yet another on my endless list of RCs I want lol
Absolutely love and trust your enthusiasm here! Thanks for another great video, very detailed.
Would have loved to buy one. Al ready added one in the basket.
However buying and importing one to the Netherlands means paying almost double the price. Without any upgrades.
Already paying more than 150 dollars more for the 1/10 scale version I will have to pass on this one.
You guys over there are very lucky with all the choice, good prizes and regularly good offers for the hobby.
Over here choices are way less and prizes always at least 20% higher
Dang Matt , that makes 4 or 5 models I would love to buy from Redcat but can't because they don't have a UK distributor ! Shipping, taxes and customs when ordering internationally make them too uneconomical sadly !
Just needs a land cruiser body and then your good to go 😎
Heck ya. Wow. Lucky u. Dam i need one now
I am really in love with micro crawlers from what I see on youtube and this one looks great. I wish I would have money to buy one and get into crawling. But unfortunately I live in Romania and I can’t even afford a micro crawler. Life is certainly harder in the balkans.😢
Great review 👍🏻 and superb rig for the prize. Wanted to order one directly from Redcat but shipment to Switzerland is 90$…. With this shipment costs it is too expensive. I wonder why they do it like this. The K10 from FMS was shiped free to Switzerland…
Dang! That is crazy!
looks good and just ordered the graphite colour plus some brass which arent cheap and alloy bits and a shame the freight is half price of the truck to newzealand so a 100usd truck becomes 244usd lol
Awesome! Cant wait to get one. Do you know if they will offer the dovetail version with removeable bed later on?
I haven’t heard anything about it but I’m gonna ask if they have any thoughts on other bodies in the future.
Super cool, I think if you trim the body along the sides closer to the body line would look much better, I think it looks funny hanging down too much just my opinion super cool though
Yeah it could use a trim!
Definitely agree. Cab looks small.
1/4 inch of the bottom and cut off the fender flares, think it would look better.
Yeah, those skirts kinda through the look off. But I think trimming them to look right would expose a gap to the skids and may look just as goofy. Unless there's some room to get the whole body lower. But the chassis design with those tall shock towers might restrict dropping the body. Still, for $100, seems to be another death nail for SCX24 unless they finally pull their collective heads outta their corporate tushes. ;)
Can you please make them sell there product in europe. I want the ascent. And also it’s baby brother😢
No way that’s crazy
I NOW KNOW WHAT MY NEXT TRUCK IS!! I'm stoked to see a bigger brand offer a budget truck that doesn't have to be completely changed to be good like the other popular trucks
Couldn't resist I had to order it! Great video, as always 🤙
Hi there. Great video, thanks. Which do you think is better, the Evo Pro or the Redcat?
This is awesome will definitely be picking one up
Nice! Hope you love it! Keep me updated
Had to order the red to match my 1/10 Ascent, I also had enough rewards to grab the metal transmission gears for free.
Sweet! Can’t beat that!
That's what I was going to say what wheels will fit it
FCX24 left a really bad taste in my mouth. I bought a red Ascent 😊, little birthday present for myself . Couldn’t pass on the $100 and with me living in Phoenix, RedCat being AZ based…..I feel good throwing them my money.
What didn't you like about the fcx
Any idea on an Australian release date, if you're in touch with the headcat?
I dont think ive ever agreed 💯 about something someone said during a review 😊
Dang it! After scoring a pretty mint shelf queen 6s Mojave for $200 I told my wife I wouldn`t get anything else for a bit. A few days is a bit right? I`m going with it, I ordered the red one lol
Haha! I know the feeling!
Great seeing Redcat coming in hot with a micro. Would have been even better if they offered their products outside the American continent. Even Furitek has a reseller in my country, The Netherlands.
Great vid bro! That's one killer rig, especially at that price point.
Thanks! I thought it was a killer deal!
Ok, I just purchased this rig. What is wrong with me?
Again, you've convinced me to spend my money! lol
Cheap but great! Much love from Michigan!
Embrace portal boxes are hella expensive but with them overdrive breast steering link and the truck 191.00
Well from Europe this will cost me 200. And 50 for every single order of a sparepart. I stick with my SCX24s.
Don’t blame ya!
After watching, Ive come to the conclusion that the esc is getting taken out and immediately throw it in the trash, The screech makes my eye twitch.
Yeah it drove my buddy nuts lol. For some reason it don’t bother me as bad as the loud fax machine sound on some of them lol
What tire you use on your red accent ?
Those are the LGRP black label tires
Very nice!! Just ordered one and great video
Really appreciate it! Hope you love it!
I just couldn't pass it up, I have a red one ordered!
Just ordered red one. Does esc have plug in for led ?
What the heck is going on?? $99??
Edit: Ordered, used your link, Matt.
Can’t beat it!
Great video content with good enthusiasm. I enjoyed watching and hearing your opinion on it. I have the Axial SCX24 and am seriously considering adding this one to my collection. At $100 for the intro price you can't beat it.
I wasn't expecting bearings along with everything else, that's great price for the performance you get. Thanks for the video 👍
Yeah for the price you’d think it had bushings for sure!
No offense but bearings are not exactly expensive🙄
@@themountain59 even at $15-30 depending on the set you go with and the time to install them. It’s nice that it comes with them out of the box for $99! You really don’t like Redcat huh? 😆
@@themountain59 That's true but it saves me having to strip it down to put them in
Man I've been out of the crawling scene for a min.....this thing looks killer tho man still watching always bro keep em coming
You better get back in it!
@@2fmrc will do bro for sure
How have you been Billy?
@@DoubleADay I've been good man how bout you........need to get my groove back bro
Hard to beat chinese manufacturing. I want a 1/10 Ascent. This looks good. I've really enjoyed modding my scx24 with homemade stuff and it kills lines.
Anyone knows where to get them in Europe?
Hey Matt, great video.. the most excited i have seen you! Can you ask Redcat if they will start selling in the UK? They would kill it here with a distributor 👍
For $99 a gray one is already on its way.
$100 truck. Shame shipping/tax to UK is $60
Yeah that sucks!
So excited man! Thanks for another great honest video. Got mine to match the big brother 😊
For $99. I’ll give it a try. Looks like it’s got some parts interchangeably with other crawlers. Looks like a decent design.
That controller is flysky internals?
Yeah. Similar to most of them like it.
Bought one :)
Nice! Hope you love it!
When I first heard of this I figured it was another huge 1/18 but seeing it next to the others has me excited for this thing. That steering angle too! Nice looking beefy axles also has me excited, dang redcat killed it
Holy cow, they sent these out to absolutely everyone, haha.
Looks like it!
@@2fmrc Mine must be lost in the post ;)
I know Iam late but what !😮😊
It’s it water proof??
The body reminiscent of an old Toyota Or ford courier
I was thinking 70's Datsun. The grill sticker made me think of those. LOL!
What a capable truck outta the box for the money! Love how honest tour vids are. Gotta get my hands on one of these!
- Kinda meh on the body. I think it's the extended skirts under the doors. They kinda make the cab look out of proportion but I guess it was needed as the distance from the shock towers to the skid is quite big. If the chassis height could be chopped down, those skirts could be trimmed and it would look great. Or punch through the hood and bed for that exposed suspension tower look.
That from grill stickers screams 70's Datsun!!! LOL!
???- Do you think a smaller batt could be tucked onto that flat surface under the hood to get weight more forward or is it gonna hit the body?
???- Could underdrive be put in both front and rear if someone wanted slower crawl?
Would definitely love to see you do a vid on what can be done in terms of stock/mostly stock mod'ing for the low budget crowd and a full-on mod-orama. :)
Is this better than the CR18 Evo pro?
So the battery won’t fit well under the hood. If you toon the plate out and stuck it to the servo it may possibly clear the body but the chassis is so narrow in the front I think it would hit a lot. And you could definitely underdrive the front and rear on it!
@@2fmrc Thanks Matt! Be interesting to see if these catch on. The choice to pinch the frame rails is interesting. Hopefully it's not a killjoy for those wanting to drop it lower and get more range of flex. Interested to see what mod's you and other can come up with. 🙂👍
@@wingnutbert9685 it really makes things tough I’ll say that. One good thing is the skid on this is the same exact width as an scx24 skid 😉
@@2fmrcAh Ha! Very interesting! 😁
Sold!
have you tried a furitex brusless motor set up in it?
Getting ready to lol
Man I was just about to order the k10… but with this being $100 I think ima order one of these here first
If it’s 2FM approved, it’s probably worth it, Matt says what he thinks about any rc if it’s crap he will tell you no doubt lol
I always try my best! My taste don’t always fit eveyone else’s but I try lol
@@2fmrc so far with all your review I’ve strongly agreed or slightly agreed but yet to disagree lol 👍🏻
@@therealcletusrc glad to hear it!
Yep. If they have the brass coconut's and confidence to send it to Matt 5 months ahead of time, that speaks volumes!!!
I just dropped $2,000 on an Xmaxx ultimate and the batteries and charger
Take my money
Great review Matt! Thought you were gonna pee yourself you were so excited! LOL!
Looks like a really good RTR that might actually be decent out of the box. Smart move by them on the price. Should make for some red faces over at SCX...... LOL!
LOVE that it's closer to the SCX24, size wise. Kinda seems like there's some scale creep going on with some brands as well as not much new coming in the 1/24th scale. I guess it's just easier to fit stuff in a 1/18th.
Thanks Matt! Hope Liam is up and running now. 👍 ***Edit: Just noticed him ramblin' around there while you were running outdoors. Looks like he's doing fine. :)
He’s back up and running and playing ball. Thanks for checking on him 🙏
I got the Spektrum Firma when it was $50, might have finally found something to put it in. You think it would be too weak?
I honestly haven’t ran that system but from what I’ve seen it would probably struggle with the higher gearing of this truck and the ring and pinion gears. Never know though! Worth a shot for sure
Great video Matt! Idk how you can keep it quiet🤣 I’m def considering ordering one tomorrow. I love seeing Redcat joining the tiny truck gang🤘🏻
It’s very tough! If you order. I hope you enjoy it! Keep me updated
Over/underdrive gears alredy sold out
Haven’t been made available yet. Should be coming soon
Ordered mine last night. Wish I added a few upgrades when I got it
I want one now lol. I really wish redcat made a servo on axle upgrade for the 1/10 scale axles. Found some people selling them on shapeways, but the metal options are all around $70-80 and I just know the way I wheel my rigs especially my gen8, the plastic ones wont hold up
I went with the 1tenthscale rc soa mount for the ascent. It’s priced well and been super strong!
1tenth.com/shop/ols/products/1tenth---servo-on-axle-mount-redcat-ascent--gen9-axle
Im wondering of the 4m big block from mofo would fit this?
You made me want one .
Red Cat is pick'n up what we're put'n down .
What all brass did you add to the red one?
Basically everything they have lol. Diff covers,portal covers and steering link
Hey man is this thing 3s capable with the stock electronics? Motor is stock as well
Yep! All stock I’ve ran several of them on 3s with plenty run time. Haven’t heard anyone having issues on 3s but they do recommend 2s only.
@2fmrc dude you're awesome! Had an extra 3s in my bag and just tried it seems to work great!
@@AppalachianRC sweet!!! I’ve ran mine on 3s ever since I got it and no heat issues or anything!
@2fmrc these are some seriously killer trucks for the price dude! Love the content keep up the good work
Gonna wait for 3flow9 to come out with a steering link
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Great video as always. Super tempting but i just ordered the new K5
That’s a great truck also!
The manual says the radio protocol is afhsd-2a-bs. A FS-GT5 transmitter is afhds-2a. Are they compatible?
I’ll try it but I assume it’s like the others like it. Say they are the same protocol but for some reason won’t bind to the gt5 lol. Be sweet if it would!
@@2fmrcYes please! Would like to know as I was eyeing a GT5! Thanks Matt!
What a friggin awesome deal.
Can the shocks be moved up to lower the ride height?
I moved mine some and tried to lower it as much as I could but you run into the chassis hitting the servo like I mentioned. I just cut the chassis off on my red one to play with getting it lower lol. Hopefully I’ll have a mod video up fairly soon and have it lowered a bit!
Maybe I just missed it but does it use the same pinion as a trx4m where the holmes 180 would fit
Yes it does!
@2fmrc well I guess I'm pulling the holmes motor out of my sons trx4m he doesn't play with anymore