Redcat Ascent 1/10 Scale Low Center of Gravity (LCG) Performance Rock Crawler - Red

I love this crawler! Ran fantastic out of the box. I paired it with a 3s lipo battery, tried ac2s but the 3s gives it more power. Well worth the money. Tons of accessories for it so you can customize it your way. Highly recommend it if you want to get into crawling without breaking the bank.

I like this RC Truck. It looks really cool. It works great right out of the box. Even the box it came in looks good. It has a low center of gravity. So it is a good climber. It is heavier than my other RC Truck of the same 1/10 scale. It must be built a little sturdier. The Venom 5000, 30C, 2 Cell, 7.4 Volt battery works good in it. The battery came with 3 adaptors so it will work with other RC vehicles. I also have a 1984 Chevy Base Camp K10 Rock Crawler. This battery also works with that truck.

It's a capable crawler, looks good too! The build quality is less than spectacular. It came with a broken upper link and stripped panhard mount holes. Fix that stuff throw some shocks and wheels on it and hit the rocks though.

For the price, you can't beat it! This thing is a very capable crawler. The blue one's body style would have worked better for my uses but the red just looks so pretty on this truck. You get an LCG and portal axles for this price! I did play with this thing stock and it works really well if it's for a kid or someone new to crawling. It does not come with batteries so you'll have to factor that in. I currently run this on a 2200mah 3s lipo and I get amazing times. I like to upgrade/mod things and this crawler already has some pretty good aftermarket support. Transmitter feels pretty nice in the hand and it's very easy to use. So far I've only done light modifications to this (wheels, tires, springs, shock oil, body trimming). I will say though, the ESC is kind of loud and the drag brake on it isn't the best. ESC will probably be my next upgrade for it.

1 star for Amazon, 5 stars for Redcat customer service. The truck arrived in an Amazon box that was too large for it, meaning that the trucks box could rattle and move around during transit. No padding or paper inside the bigger box, so the truck ARRIVED with 5 broken links rendering UNUSABLE out of the box. The only saving grace was that after contacting Redcat customer service, they let me file a warranty claim and sent almost $70 worth of parts to FIX it, free of charge. Don't buy from Amazon on this one, don't make my mistake. Go straight through Redcat, they won't do you wrong!!!