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RedCat now has a high-end brand of premium vehicles called Team Redcat. The first vehicle to be introduced under the Team RedCat moniker is the TR-MT8E Monster Truck. The MT8E promises to be extremely durable and to also provide massive performance. Some of the highlights of the new Team RedCat MT include- * Waterproof Savox servo * Hobbywing 100 amp 4S waterproof [...]
Our guy Craig “The Uber Ramp Guy” Nelson brought it big time to iHobby this year. Below you’ll find a video showing a couple of things you don’t normally see, a 5th scale monster truck doing a standing backflip and also pulling a massive backflip over the spine ramp at our iHobby demo track. The truck Craig used was a [...]
What happens when you combine cold/slick conditions with speed running a Castle Creations brushless powered 5th scale monster truck on 8S LiPo? Check out the video below to find out. Our own Craig “The Crazy Ramp Builder Guy” recently took his Redcat 5th scale monster truck out for some top speed runs and I can assure you nothing good becomes [...]
“Hello Bigsquid!! what would be a good beginner brushless sct? shadab k (via G+)” Cubby- Yo to the yo Shadab, thanks for the question over on our BSRC G+ page. Hit the “contact us” link at the top of the page to inquire about getting your free sticker pack. Hummmmm….. so what would I consider to be the “best” brushless short course truck for [...]
“redcat terremoto You have reviewed the monsoon xte, and that was utter crap, But ive seen from some owners say its pretty good? maybe give it a shot? Ari R.” Cubby- Congrats Ari, your email has just won the A-Main for being letter of the month. Shoot Brian your snail mail so he can hook you up with a BSRC t-shirt. Ya ya, I [...]
Welcome to ‘Ask Cubby’. Here we go… “Tried to email yall and it wouldn’t go through so I am trying here. (This is from our FB page- Cubby) I just bought a 1/5th scale Red Cat Rampage. I have NO experience with this hobby, but wanted to buy something to play with my grandson. I have concerns with certain things that [...]
Hi my name is Bruin and I own a Helion Dominus 10r. I still have my stock 1800 mah battery in it and I read your latest lipo shootout. You had the Gens Ace 5800 2s lipo ranked first and I was interested in buying one. I have looked all over the internet and I can’t find any sites [...]
There have been a lot of hot looking new on-road cars hitting the market lately and the RedCat Pagani Huayra can be added to that list. The RedCat is a licensed replica of the uber full size Pagani Huayra and it looks like they hit the mark. For performance- the RedCat is driven by a full time 4wd belt system and [...]
Last fall we posted some pictures of a new 3 wheeled bash machine from RedCat called the S-TRYK-R. It seems we weren’t the only people liking the uniqueness of the S-TRYK-R, it aquired quite a following on the web and it had not even been released yet. The wait is over and the S-TRYK-R is now for sale. There are two [...]
Just wondering if the king shocks with piggyback shocks will fit on red cat racing volcano s30 Paul B. Cubby– Hey what’s up Pauly, shoot Brian your snail mail address and we’ll send you some BSRC stickers to put on your rig. To be perfectly honest, like I rarely am, I have no idea if scale King Off-Road shocks with faux reservoirs [...]
One of the larger booths at iHobby this year is from RedCat Racing. This year they are showing a number of new products including a radical 3 wheeled Can-Am Spyder looking machine called the S-TRYK-R. The two front wheels steer while the included brushless system powers the fat rear wheel. RedCat is also showing two scale looking buggies. One is called [...]
If you were lucky enough to attend the LA Supercross Saturday night you were treated to one heck of an EPIC 450 main event with Chad Reed lay’n down the smack on Dungey/Villopotto/Stewart. Reedy was on fire for the win, Dungey put in solid laps to finish second, RV2 crashed early but blasted through the pack to fourth, [...]
A couple of Redcat Racing‘s vehicles have appeared in the review section here on Big Squid over the last few months. And they’ve gotten positive numbers and comments from those that have tested them. It was because of those reviews that I decided to purchase a Redcat Monsoon XTE, which is a 1/8 scale brushless truggy. I first saw this [...]
Redcat Rampage MT 1/5th Scale Monster Truck Review5th scale monster trucks are the biggest, baddest boys in the rc world. I’ve been giving the Redcat Rampage MT a good old fashioned BigSquid torture test for the last few weeks. How did it hold up? Read on to find out.
Please help – looking for a recommendation – most durable fast RC truck – for my 20 year old son to race his 80 year old Grandpa – durability – off road, sand, rocks etc. is much more important than name brand or paint job. Looking to spend less than $150 on each, will buy one for each of them. [...]
