I own 10+ micro-crawlers from all the big names and love to compare and upgrade them... all bought and paid for myself. IMHO, Redcat hit a home run with this one. I'd sum it up like this.... Redcat arrives to the micro-crawler scene well past fashionably late but comes with a solid no excuses no apologies offering that totally blows away Axial and Traxxas in terms of stock crawling capability and product value. The fact that it's $99 at initial release is amazing because it approaches 'Fury FX118 good' on the rocks. Electronics are very good. Motor runs dead silent and slow crawl is proper good. Body size is nearly identical to C10 SCX24. Wheelbase is the same 155MM as many other popular 1/18s and the gladiator/powerwagon SCX24s, although track width is substantially wider than the SCX24s. Stock wheels/tires are VERY good, although also very light. It's unfortunate they are glued on. Servo is a bit slow, but totally makes up for it with plenty of torque. Turning radius, while good, is not class leading. It will benefit from overdrive gears in the front portals (available but already out of stock at this point in time). One other minor nit is that there are a couple places where philips screws can be found, but really not many, and not an issue at all. All in all, it's an excellent product that differentiates itself from, and significantly outperforms, it's competition and punches well above it's weight.
I absolutely love it. I have the Trx4m and this seems more zippy that that body has popped off the front a few times but the rear has always stayed locked in. I liked it so much i just bought rhe grey one as well. Imo the most fun ive ever had for $100 in r/c
Very impressed with the Ascent 18 especially after upgrading wheels/tires and adding some brass! The motor/trans are geared a little high for slow crawling but once you get use to it and are super light on the throttle it does amazing. I really feel like this one is a huge value, yes the upgrade parts are a bit expensive and I will probably replace the steering servo and motor but I still feel it's an excellent value and a rig that is worth putting money into to make it even better!.
Metal gears, great shocks, bearings throughout, a great body and design, super solid. I like the simplicity of the body as well and it's only 14 bucks to get a brand new one!
Great little truck, better out of the box than both my mildly modified scx24's
By far the best 1/18 crawler on the market puts all the others to shame do some minor upgrades and it’s all most unstoppable the other makers are way overpriced and they must be totally upgraded to even come close to the REDACT
What a great little crawler redcat hit a homerun with the Ascent 18. I have its big brother the Ascent 1/10 also and I like the 1/18 more!
This is a cool little RTR truck. I'd have given it 5 stars except the drive shaft comes apart incredibly easily if the wheels bind at all. That led me to an upgraded driveshaft, and wheels and tires, and brass links... and a second ascent 18, and mods for it. 4 stars is for stock. 5 stars all the way once its modded.
One of my new favorites as an RTR coming right out of the box. Chassis is very sturdy and looks to be ready for any type of terrain
I really like this truck. The red metallic looks great
She is way smoother than I thought she would be and wow! she is quiet.
She will be a fun addition to my garage. Thanks AMain ?
Usually not a fan of anything less than 1/10th, this one changed my mind . I bought two ! Very happy with it. But more important happy with Amain!
The truck is awesome right out the box. The shipping time is top notch.i have will always order from these guys. Thank you for the awesome service
Great little rig, better quality than I've seen from Redcat Racing in the past. 100% worth the hype built up on Youtube.
I was a bit reluctant to buy the Ascent 18 for fear the reviews were all hype. I couldn’t pass up on the initial release pricing so I took the chance and have been pleasantly surprised! I own quite a few small scale crawlers but this one has been impressive right out of the box in terms of capability. Good throttle modulation, nice steering radius. I’d love to see a scaled down lexan Scout body for it but I’m happy with my purchase.
this would be the smoothest driving RTR I have got. and for the intro price you can't go wrong. the redcat ascent 18 is very capable.
Bought these redcat crawlers for my twin boys . I literally just placed it on the ground, they controlled it for 30 seconds and the drive shaft on both crawlers disconnected -.- that was horrible. All I heard were non stop crying because they thought they broke it and I was attempting to fix it. I gave up and told them I’d get them something more durable. Ive emailed them for a return process.
The front clip does not engage, will not stay on front bar so the body comes off. So far tech advice is to tell how the system works! Talk with Redcat customer service. Same advice and rude too! The body does not fit that is fairly simple. Like the truck I will buy a body when available. Don’t ya hate when people don’t listen or care. Customer service?
