Redcat Ascent Fusion Crawler - 1:10 LCG Rock Crawler

steephill · March 22

That looks pretty good as is.

The body isn't the best looking, but not many lcg rigs do.

Good motor choice.

Stormbringer · March 22

Yehh a fusion system I have those in my TRx4 and 6 they are brilliant :good:

Lone-wolf · March 22

seen a few YT video`s and this looks a winner on spec and performance but same old thing, we dont have a Redcat dealer here in UK and shipping plus import from Redcat makes this less tempting

Stormbringer · March 22

Price and taxes is taking this into TRX4 price range 😞

Lone-wolf · March 22

From what i have seen this will run rings round a TRX4 but then there is the long term reliability, even this Traxxas hater would be first to admit the TRX4 seems to be ultra reliable, i imagine there will be a YT video soon with this rig up against a TRX

Stormbringer · March 22

Yep that would be interesting :good:

Kpowell911 · March 22

What Fusion system is it? Is this the first brushless rtr of its kind?

Lone-wolf · March 22

7 minutes ago, Kpowell911 said:

What Fusion system is it? Is this the first brushless rtr of its kind?

got a feeling it might be first RTR brushless crawler in mass production, does look a real capable rig

Stormbringer · March 22

Its the Hobby Wing 540 motor 1800kv and as above could be the 1st

Kpowell911 · March 22

1 minute ago, Stormbringer said:

Its the Hobby Wing 540 motor 1800kv and as above could be the 1st

Didnt that come with higher than a 40a ESC? Could be wrong?

I agree, it looks incredibly capable!!

Stormbringer · March 22

Just checked it and it is 40A

https://www.modelsport.co.uk/product/hobbywing-quicrun-fusion-se-for-crawler-1800kv-540-spec-1347889

Lone-wolf · March 22

40amp should be plenty for a crawler, i would be surprised if that motor pulled more than 20 amps

Redback · March 22

this is a specific low cg build designed for hardcore crawling, the trx is more of a trail truck, built to withstand what kids would do to it, a pro low cg setup like this in the hands of kids will be destroyed pretty quick.
anyway looks like a decent bit of kit that competes with the likes of the custom lowcg element chassis, trx4 isnt the market for this cars competition, element and vanquish are imo.

stretch · March 22

Liking this but parts availability puts me off but hats off to the fusion combo.

Edited March 22 by stretch

steephill · March 23

9 hours ago, stretch said:

Liking this but parts availability puts me off but hats off to the fusion combo.

That's why I've never bothered with redcat. Uk spares seem very limited.

Plenty of other brands with spares available in the UK.

Lone-wolf · March 23

37 minutes ago, steephill said:

That's why I've never bothered with redcat. Uk spares seem very limited.

Plenty of other brands with spares available in the UK.

Have to ask, why is Modelsport or Wheelspin not a UK dealer

Kpowell911 · March 23

51 minutes ago, Lone-wolf said:

Have to ask, why is Modelsport or Wheelspin not a UK dealer

You mean as in the actual distributor? I dont think that woud work if a shop was also the distibutor. It'd give a bias of what products they push surely?

Lone-wolf · March 23

2 minutes ago, Kpowell911 said:

You mean as in the actual distributor? I dont think that woud work if a shop was also the distibutor. It'd give a bias of what products they push surely?

good point would have to go through CML or such like