I appreciate speeding up the crawling video an talk over the video explaining the drive. Makes your videos a pleasure to watch. Keep up the great videos.
Really good information. And even though the Red Cat is at the bottom of the heap. I would still say it's got value for the money especially for the beginner.
I find it funny that the red cat guys are so hurt by this review. The accent is by far the best 299 you could spend on a crawler, super impressive for the money but it’s not the be all end all of the crawler world.
Red cat has been making quality crawlers for a while but the prices are creeping up and the last time I had to deal with their customer service was a nightmare. Considering how many defective trucks they are shipping out these days I believe people are gonna have the same experience I've had and it's a shame because the people designing these trucks are knocking it out of the park not just the crawlers they make great bashers too and drift cars and everything else but I cannot stress this enough they do not appreciate their customers so give them your money if you like. it's undeniable they make good vehicles but you are running a risk in the event you have problems. they treated me so poorly after the money I spent with them I'm dedicated to educating people about their lack of customer service until it changes Hey RC you've raised your prices you've got people that support your product and you have good products now go hire some customer service people that care about something other than taking money.
Ive done a few mods to my VRD but not many….using a 3s 850mah battery up front sitting over the steering servo….amazing performance and one of my best crawlers ……I have built a new Power Hobby LCG carbon chassis recently …13.5” whl base….Vanquish 3 gear trans and a fusion se motor….so far it’s performing as good or better than the VRD but need more real world testing. ….. Imo a Power Hobby Carbon chassis would be a good one to test on your channel….unique design that seems to work well.
Wow first location looks like a ton of fun! Love the comparison videos like Matt's from SBG comparison but in a different environment. And the end verdict was the same... Vanquish did amazing. Plus i like the technical comparison of the weights and the flex ramp is cool
Awesome just stepped in from work 5:53 PM Friday yay it’s Friday, love those rims on the red cat. Love my Vanquish truck I wouldn’t mind another one but here watching always appreciate 👍👍😎
Vanquish not stock you have the carbon frame rails but I don’t that would change much but I pictured it with a Fusion in it & man that thing would really be great. Seems like wheelbase also makes a difference.
I really dig the rims on the blue redcat truck .. are they boom racing? They offered a style of rim like that and often thought they'd look killer on a phoenix
Wow what a awesome place love it, sure wouldn’t mind doing the testing here myself, but I live in Manchester Michigan sure appreciate you sharing this love it. This is the beauty of this awesome hobby 👍👍😎
So the VRD and the G-Speed have overdrive but you said you haven’t installed it in the RedCat. Why do a comparison video if they are not set up as close as possible?
We'll do that in round 2. Identical tires and all. On the original footage at Linda Vista (2nd venue) all were done with zero overdrive, and it did very well. Didn't want to change it mid-test
I think that the all in $ after upgrades is also an important compression. sometimes a cheap rtr that is heavily upgraded is more expensive than the higher priced rtr that performs equal or eve better with very minimal upgrades and still cheaper. I hope to see some comparisons on this. The biggest difference between all these is the geometry but that is hard to nail because of so much diversity between rigs (weight distribution, tires, where center of gravity actually is). This is the closest comparison I've seen. thanks for the vid.
Right where you first started on The course , You got two round holes there for the eye sockets close together, and a dimple where the nose would be and it’s beak you see it it’s awesome 👍👍😎
Good question. I have my VRD Carbon kit waiting on my table and I swapped rails of the RTR from aluminum to carbon to see if it makes any difference. Weight is a few grams apart an no difference at all in performance. I'll swap it back on the next test.
Thanks for the videos. The spot by the ocean looked amazing. Just curious why you didnt install the 20% OD on the Redcat or remove the rear inner srings? It seems that most guys are doing that if they arent trail running them.
I actually thought I had overdrive installed as I haven't touched that rig since I modded it a couple months ago. I'll make sure to do that on the next test.
Great comparison and dollar for dollar, I think the VRD Stance is the one to beat. My buddy swears by his Ascent though, and seeing it run, I figured he wasn't far off the mark in thinking it could be a competent crawler with a minimal investment in upgrades. Apparently, my other buddies think I'm a pretty funny guy and didn't hesitate to call bullshit on me, lol. So, with us agreeing on a $300 USD budget, my buddy agreed to hand over his Ascent and, with his money and truck in hand, I set out to prove the nay-sayers wrong, lol! I started with the DSM Rock Warrior chassis ($137) that came out shortly after the Ascent was released. I mounted up the stock shocks but first, I removed the inner springs and swapped out the stock external springs with the Dlux Fab soft versions ($5), all around. I'm using the stock servo and axles with the 20% underdrive/overdrive in the transfer case (included). The motor/esc is a Fusion SE, 1800kv combo ($70). Tires are Interco Swampers, the RC4WD IROK versions ($50) with SL3D printed inserts ($50), mounted on cheap Amazon beadlocks ($40). So, in total, about $350 USD. Really though, new wheels/tires/inserts are a cost that pretty much everyone incurs, which put me back at approx $210! We dubbed the new truck the Ascent Pro and the upgrades have really elevated its perfotmance - low cg with a lot more flex, a ton more traction, great low speed control! It easily matches the performance of the stock VRD Stance and surpasses it in most situations. My buddy is elated and it has become his go to rig. If it were me, what would I do? Probably pick up the Vanquish, just so much going for it. In the end you're going to spend several hundred more than on the Ascent but I think the VRD Stance just makes a lot more sense 🤷🏻♂️
Sweet Jesus there some folks got there panties in there cracks cos the Red Cat didn't mop the floor with these other Rigs. As far as a good budget Rig the Red Cat is probably King, add some good tires, and $50 worth of brass a 1080 and $20 Homes Hobbies 550 Can Motor and you will have a cool little Trail Truck/Crawler. Spend some money on the Vanquish and or G-Speed and you will have a Rig you can take to a Comp and whip some ass. Hell I don't even own any Vanquish products, but I do have 3 Ascents and the rest of my Rigs are all Axial so i aint a Vanquish nut hugger. This man is giving his OPINION!!!! there are tons of Channels you can go to and they will be hugging the nuts of Red Cat. Hell like i have said before, I think Traxxas gets all the luv on this Channel but I damn sure aint complaining whenever he talks up the Traxxas, as you can tell I absolutely despise Traxxas because of how lawsuits happy they are. I sold every one of my Traxxas Rigs and bought my family the Ascents. What this Channel has is a different view on all the cool new Crawlers and Trail Trucks, yeah I get sick of hearing about the TRX4 but I do enjoy the other uploads because I get to see them in his environment which is totally different than my environment.
Nice comparison to show how an RTR versus a modified RTR and a custom build go head to head. But the driver has a lot to do with performance. I do have a couple builds of some GSpeeds I have built in the past, in my channel. Hopefully, you can check them out, slowly getting the hang of YT editing. 👍
I still have a losi night crawler. Extended hubs, wheel weights and better steering servo. And it smokes all my buddies redcats. They are Amazed/jelous by how great it is. Why did they ever discontinue it. Same with the ecx temper. I know it had some issues. So fix them and make a gen 3 already damnn.
Very nice...My custom III build,in my pic,I get almost 5.5 articulation.. 2300 pro/3s 50kg servo,,radiolink rgs4,,rc4wd swampers,brass al over. Weight=TANK
I was under the impression that the only difference is carbon vs stamped rails as far as geometry goes is the material it’s made out of, no other changes
There was no difference when I swapped the carbon rails on instead of alloy. It’s about a 10!gram difference. But I’ll put the alloy back on in the next test
@@RCReviewChannel Dont care personally if you leave it on the truck. Its the fact that people will watch this and when you NEVER mention the carbon upgrade guys will think it came stock that way.
I mean big tires make a difference when it comes to holes and boulders…throw some 2.2 ibex or something on those rigs and see which one does those lines the best…the testing at your place is better for comparing them Not that the trip to the ocean wasn’t great. Not to circle back but I think tire size bigger better until maybe you get to steeps and side hills, where the vrd did lol a little closer to the edge on the sidehill
Wow I’m watching the power wagon well all three rigs, where are your climbing up there I’m looking I can see the skull of a bald eagle right where you were climbing up you got the eyes and the nose it looks like the beak
Yes, I have the kit as well, and I swapped out the rails to see if they would make a difference. Did not make a difference at all! I will put the alloy rails back in on the next test.
I see you had an audience for a bit I have people ask me basic questions but if they were to here how much we invest in these little toys but we know these are not necessary toys it’s a hobby with a lot of technology that goes into them so $400/$500 prices are normal.
To me ascent wins there's no competition here. Its so cheap and reliable and durable. It's not even a challenge. The other rigs are 10x the price tag. But dont get me wrong i will get that vanquish just because im that kinda of ..... Person
The Vanquish and the Redcat in the test cost the same at $500. That’s because the wheels/tires, esc of the Redcat needed to be upgraded. The performance was not close with the Vanquish far ahead
It’s a common option. Folks usually use shocks that are 10mm shorter to keep chassis height identical. I hear the CG of the VRD portal is lower than the axial pro straight axle
@@RCReviewChannelI have both the VRD carbon and axial pro…. The pro is definitely lower than the VRD …but the VRD performs as good and better in many scenarios of the pro…not many benefits of the pro vs VRD
It’s really funny how whenever anyone including you guys at Rc review run the Redcat Ascent with other crawlers nobody runs brass anywhere at all. It’s obvious that people like you are afraid of the Ascent out performing rigs that cost 3 and 4 times as much. We can’t trust your review cause it’s already trying to be biased toward the higher end crawlers. I’ve already seen it out perform all of those with good tires and a little weight. How about you guys be real from now on. If what I say hurts your feelings I don’t care…grow up
