Redcat Racing Everest 10 Revisited!

Welcome back!  A while back I had written this post: Redcat Racing Everest 10.  That was a fresh look at an open review of the Everest 10 which I had just purchased.  I ended up also getting one for my son, and this weekend we spent some time wrenching on it, and also getting the new body put on.  This weekend was the first real testing and driving that we have done on the Everest 10 and RS10XT and I wanted to let you all know how it went!

A quick teaser of what it currently looks like:

First things first; I originally purchased this Jeep Wrangler body for my RS10XT.  I drive a Jeep Wrangler daily so I really wanted this.  When it finally arrived my son decided that he also wanted a Jeep Wrangler body....and he won.

Other than the body on the Everest our two crawlers are totally stock at this point, right down to the tires.

New Hampshire faced some brutal cold this weekend, so to the basement crawler course we went!  "Course" is a bit of an over statement, as all that it really is is a bunch of boxes etc... that we move around to crawl on!

Right off the bat I must say that the Everest seems to crawl better out of the box.  This was a bit of a surprise to me as the RS10XT is a more expensive crawler, with 4 wheel steer and dual motors.

The courses changed as we went, and of course some sections were easier on the RS10XT but overall I would have to give the nod to the Everest in stock form!

Redcat Racing RS10XT crawler rtr 1/10 – 603Hobby

Redcat Racing RS10XT crawler rtr 1/10 – 603Hobby:



First Impressions!



Recently I picked up a Redcat Racing RS10XT and I have to admit I was not sure what to expect.  This is not a scale crawler, it is set up to be a comp crawler right out of the box.  In this post I will go over my first impressions as well as some of the major features that I noticed right off the bat.  Going forward I will be doing some further reviews to talk about durability, fun factor and upgrades.



The first thing that you will notice when you pull the RS10XT out of the box is that it is relatively heavy, which gives it a feeling of "quality".



Second thing that you will notice is the somewhat odd shaped, kind of like a Hummer H2 body that this thing comes with.  In my opinion it is fine, but I also do not plan on using the stock body. (I picked up a Jeep Wrangler body to match my real life vehicle, more on that later)



Next up is probably one of the neatest features of the RS10XT; 4 wheel steering!!!  This is 4 mode, 4 wheel steering and the modes are:

-Front wheels turn only

-Front and rear Wheels "crab" (Turn in opposite directions)

-Front and rear wheels turn in the same direction

-Rear wheel steer



A really nice feature of this set up is that you change steering modes on the fly right on the included transmitter and there is even a digital display to show you what mode you are in!



I have never had a RC vehicle with 4 wheel steering, but I think it is going to be pretty awesome!  Just messing around in my basement crawling over stuff I could tell that the rear wheel and front and rear same direction steer will definitely come in handy!



Here is a link to a quick Youtube video I made of my first time driving the Redcat Racing RS10XT:

Redcat Racing RS10XT

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