I thought you gave the Remo Hobby crawler a very fair and thorough evaluation. You can see as you just drove it around that the shocks and springs are similar to the other cheap r/c cars. It bounced along not absorbing any bumps. Thanks for let us know about this crawler.
Thanks, me too! BG does have one review on the sale page already and that guy gave it a good run as a light crawler but mostly as a basher. Definitely made it look good - and it does have legitimate strengths in the light bashing department! But I want to see it do better on the rocks! Stay tuned :)
I liked Remo Hobby's previous crawlers (the Deadbolt and Honcho copies). A friend has the 1073 Deadbolt copy, and, as with this, a few simple and cheap upgrades have made it perform pretty well. Especially, as the truck only cost him £50, 2nd hand. I'll be interested to see how the mods on this one go. 👍🏻
Thanks for doing this video romo hobby was actually my first... cost me a lot of money everything broke and was a learning experience. But I loved it I put the body on SCX10 II. Looks great!
Things change fairly quickly with these Chinese brands. It's not like the big hobby names; if there's a model you like today, grab it if you can, because it probably won't sell be selling in a year or two!
Photos have been taken and advice is coming on that front. This is the detail I typically save for my article. Been unusually busy but I'll be putting together the article and follow up video over the next few days :)
I just got mine today and trying to shoot a video and came across same issues as you... I know what the problem is and I can't find the solution with what they got. The problem is that it goes faster (more power in reverse) and goes slower in forward. They got it mixed up. The problem is there is no reverse switch for the throttle (only steering on the radio). I switch the wires on the motor and used the radio throttle in reverse and it drives much better (no cogging out). But without the throttle reverse switch you can never drive it normally. Truck seems good but this is a big flaw out of the box!
@@RCTNT I just figured it out. Beside the ON/OFF switch there is a small tiny round button. If pressed in it goes about 60% power forward. If it's out it goes full power. Ridiculous but that solves the issue with weak power going forward.
Have to agree with your assessment on this one. Maybe this could be a controller you hand to a small child, but then I might wonder if they would be frustrated by its (lack of) performance. We handed the controllers of our SCX24's to our niece and nephew, and it turned into a demolition derby. They weren't bothered lol. Looks like it might be fun just bash around some trails. Those tires sure look like they were inspired by Voodoo KLR's
Heh I think the kids would enjoy this one. It's actually fast enough for kid level bashing and robust enough in the right places that I'd be happy giving it to a demo derby junior driver! But I think we can slow it down and get it better on the rocks - more coming soon on that! Cheers
When you put the tires on the chassis it looked just like my Honcho chassis. But it’s way different performance wise especially the electronics. I replaced the plastic links with metal links on my Honcho & then the servo went out so I replaced it with a much better one. I’ve got some other plans for it but it performs really good. If you have a chance to pick one up it would make a nice project not that you need another. Sounds like me to many projects.
So... what I got out of this is, same money as the RGT RC-4 V2 136100, similar size, and *should* have similar performance, and doesn't even come close. aside from having the servo on the chassis instead of on the axle, no advantages, plus the disadvantage that it needs to have the servo and ESC replaced in order to get it to work properly. And it's got a lot of bendy plastic instead of metal. Oh yeah, and we have to change out the springs for softer ones. Almost forgot, replacing the ESC requires replacing the radio too. that's kind of a lot to do to this cheap truck to make it capable. It looks like it ought to be fairly capable. Going into this, I thought, not very expensive, looks like decent parts, should be okay, right? At least as capable as the RC-4 V2. and then... it's not? For the money, the RGT seems like the better option by far. BUT... All that having been said, I'd still like to see what this can do, with a better servo and ESC. I think it has potential, just the electronics are letting it down. As you noted, I don't think the bendy plastic parts are going to be a detriment. The tires seem pretty decent, it has decent articulation, the wheelbase is short enough to be handy... it just needs some help. I'm all for giving it the boost and see if it can do at least as well as the RC-4 V2 does. I really think that servo on chassis really could be a solid advantage, if everything else was up to snuff.
Boost is under way! A minor spoiler - the esc and servo shouldn't need replacing to get this thing to go better. Hopefully. I've stared at this thing on the workbench until some inspiration hit and then have made a few changes already. Expenditure so far is at about $10 and the cutting-out issue, gearing and high speed problems have been addressed already. Center of gravity improved. A few other tricks too. Today, I'll address the steering. I'm increasingly confident we can get this done without replacing servo and esc/radio, so I'll keep at it then show you what I've done in the next one. There's definitely potential here! Cheers
@@RCTNT Super glad you see definite potential with this thing. It looks like it could be a fun (and capable!) little entry level beater. One thing I'm really interested in is how you solved the ESC cutting out. I'm curious to know what was causing that, and what the solution was. Seeing that was I think the single most disappointing thing about this truck. On a similar vein, I'm also interested in the solution to the high/low speed issue. That seems like it could have useful potential value, if it actually works right.
This high low speed thing is only useful for young drivers I think. I had hoped to find utility in greater throttle resolution but it ended up just cutting off at 50%. With this motor, it's just insufficient for crawling. I have it largely solved now. Just finishing the steering today then video time!
Looks interesting, despite it's obvious flaws. Throw in a cheapo 25-35kg banggood or aliexpress servo, an isdt esc70, a cheap 540 or 550 motor and one of those eachine 6ch radio/receiver combos they have on banggood. All in all about 80-90 USD. Should make a world of difference. I recently received my RGT EX86100 pro, and that's pretty much what I did, and it work so well. Drives wonderfully and crawls surprisingly well. I prefer it to my Axial scx10 II raw builders I have, but that's a hardbody and probably not set up perfectly. 😁 Bought the esc70 for just over 20 dollars, the servo was about the same (metal geared JX 25kg),a 550 27t surpass motor (10-15 dollars) and got the radio/receiver on special for under 30 dollars with shipping. And it's a decent radio system.
Excellent choices! I would definitely end up doing the same with this if it was a machine I wanted to run regularly. However, I'm working on getting it sorted for as close to $0 as possible - and we've already had some good results. Work continues today but I'm looking forward to the follow up video! Catch you then!
You started out with a positive attitude and you really gave this thing a fair chance. Sure it’s cheap compared to some other RTRs but that’s still a lot of money for not a lot of performance. Not worth it but you didn’t have to spend any money on it thank goodness lol.
Thanks Scott! Yep, definitely gave it a chance. I had it on the workbench yesterday and will be filming the follow up to this one today. It can be improved cheaply - and I can't wait to see if it can do better on the rocks! Cheers
Very cool, meaning that you did a great job on the video!- informative, and great info to have! Appreciate you taking the time to help out others. ..like me! 👍👍👍🦾🦾👍👍👍
Hey sir. Newer subscriber. Love your videos. Watch every one wether or not it’s up my alley. Look forward to more always.
Mike in Florida USA
Thanks a lot, Mike! Good to have you along :)
I thought you gave the Remo Hobby crawler a very fair and thorough evaluation. You can see as you just drove it around that the shocks and springs are similar to the other cheap r/c cars. It bounced along not absorbing any bumps. Thanks for let us know about this crawler.
Thanks! We're not done yet though - I'm working on getting it up to scratch now, for as close to $0 as possible. See you next video with the results!
I saw this on banggood and searched for reviews and didn't see any. Glad you did it!
Thanks, me too! BG does have one review on the sale page already and that guy gave it a good run as a light crawler but mostly as a basher. Definitely made it look good - and it does have legitimate strengths in the light bashing department! But I want to see it do better on the rocks! Stay tuned :)
*REMO HOBBY!!!~~~ Wow awesome video my friend,, and cool rc car 👍👍💯*
Thanks! I can't wait to get it onto the rocks again (when they finally dry out a bit here!!) to see what our little upgrades have achieved :)
It's a very beautiful color, and it's well made, my friend💙👍😆
Thanks for taking the time to review these trucks. It’s great to have perspective on the low-price end of the hobby.
You bet! Not the first cheapie we've done and it won't be the last. Love a good value truck! Cheers
I liked Remo Hobby's previous crawlers (the Deadbolt and Honcho copies). A friend has the 1073 Deadbolt copy, and, as with this, a few simple and cheap upgrades have made it perform pretty well. Especially, as the truck only cost him £50, 2nd hand. I'll be interested to see how the mods on this one go. 👍🏻
I've heard good things about the other ones too. We'll see what a few changes can bring for this one: there is some promise, despite the shortcomings!
Great review as always. Nice to see you got a little sunshine this time around! Take care!
Thanks Chris! And you.
Thanks for doing this video romo hobby was actually my first... cost me a lot of money everything broke and was a learning experience.
But I loved it I put the body on SCX10 II. Looks great!
This looks like they re did it a little bit.
Things change fairly quickly with these Chinese brands. It's not like the big hobby names; if there's a model you like today, grab it if you can, because it probably won't sell be selling in a year or two!
Nice demo! It looks like a scaled-up scx24, weak servo and all. With a few upgrades I bet it's pretty decent!
We shall continue testing and find out!
Worm drive may have better suited this weak ESC, now you mention it!
Wow that is so cool my friend 🤩
Need a look inside the diffs and Trans, also if they have aftermarket parts and upgrades.
Photos have been taken and advice is coming on that front. This is the detail I typically save for my article. Been unusually busy but I'll be putting together the article and follow up video over the next few days :)
needs a blheli outrunner conversion ;) would match the cheap and cheerful anyway
Ha! Not a bad idea!
I just got mine today and trying to shoot a video and came across same issues as you... I know what the problem is and I can't find the solution with what they got. The problem is that it goes faster (more power in reverse) and goes slower in forward. They got it mixed up. The problem is there is no reverse switch for the throttle (only steering on the radio). I switch the wires on the motor and used the radio throttle in reverse and it drives much better (no cogging out). But without the throttle reverse switch you can never drive it normally. Truck seems good but this is a big flaw out of the box!
Oh really? I hadn't noticed that. Interesting and makes sense. I'll investigate further, thanks
@@RCTNT I just figured it out. Beside the ON/OFF switch there is a small tiny round button. If pressed in it goes about 60% power forward. If it's out it goes full power. Ridiculous but that solves the issue with weak power going forward.
@@mikesrccorner oh right! Glad it was simple :) I demonstrated that button on my review video - it's not much use, is it!
Have to agree with your assessment on this one. Maybe this could be a controller you hand to a small child, but then I might wonder if they would be frustrated by its (lack of) performance. We handed the controllers of our SCX24's to our niece and nephew, and it turned into a demolition derby. They weren't bothered lol. Looks like it might be fun just bash around some trails. Those tires sure look like they were inspired by Voodoo KLR's
Heh I think the kids would enjoy this one. It's actually fast enough for kid level bashing and robust enough in the right places that I'd be happy giving it to a demo derby junior driver! But I think we can slow it down and get it better on the rocks - more coming soon on that! Cheers
When you put the tires on the chassis it looked just like my Honcho chassis. But it’s way different performance wise especially the electronics. I replaced the plastic links with metal links on my Honcho & then the servo went out so I replaced it with a much better one. I’ve got some other plans for it but it performs really good. If you have a chance to pick one up it would make a nice project not that you need another. Sounds like me to many projects.
Honcho is a solid performer, yeah! This one, not so much! But we'll see what we can do :)
Very cool
So... what I got out of this is, same money as the RGT RC-4 V2 136100, similar size, and *should* have similar performance, and doesn't even come close. aside from having the servo on the chassis instead of on the axle, no advantages, plus the disadvantage that it needs to have the servo and ESC replaced in order to get it to work properly. And it's got a lot of bendy plastic instead of metal. Oh yeah, and we have to change out the springs for softer ones. Almost forgot, replacing the ESC requires replacing the radio too. that's kind of a lot to do to this cheap truck to make it capable.
It looks like it ought to be fairly capable. Going into this, I thought, not very expensive, looks like decent parts, should be okay, right? At least as capable as the RC-4 V2. and then... it's not?
For the money, the RGT seems like the better option by far. BUT...
All that having been said, I'd still like to see what this can do, with a better servo and ESC. I think it has potential, just the electronics are letting it down. As you noted, I don't think the bendy plastic parts are going to be a detriment. The tires seem pretty decent, it has decent articulation, the wheelbase is short enough to be handy... it just needs some help. I'm all for giving it the boost and see if it can do at least as well as the RC-4 V2 does. I really think that servo on chassis really could be a solid advantage, if everything else was up to snuff.
Boost is under way! A minor spoiler - the esc and servo shouldn't need replacing to get this thing to go better. Hopefully.
I've stared at this thing on the workbench until some inspiration hit and then have made a few changes already. Expenditure so far is at about $10 and the cutting-out issue, gearing and high speed problems have been addressed already. Center of gravity improved. A few other tricks too.
Today, I'll address the steering. I'm increasingly confident we can get this done without replacing servo and esc/radio, so I'll keep at it then show you what I've done in the next one. There's definitely potential here! Cheers
@@RCTNT Super glad you see definite potential with this thing. It looks like it could be a fun (and capable!) little entry level beater.
One thing I'm really interested in is how you solved the ESC cutting out. I'm curious to know what was causing that, and what the solution was. Seeing that was I think the single most disappointing thing about this truck.
On a similar vein, I'm also interested in the solution to the high/low speed issue. That seems like it could have useful potential value, if it actually works right.
This high low speed thing is only useful for young drivers I think. I had hoped to find utility in greater throttle resolution but it ended up just cutting off at 50%. With this motor, it's just insufficient for crawling.
I have it largely solved now. Just finishing the steering today then video time!
Looks interesting, despite it's obvious flaws. Throw in a cheapo 25-35kg banggood or aliexpress servo, an isdt esc70, a cheap 540 or 550 motor and one of those eachine 6ch radio/receiver combos they have on banggood. All in all about 80-90 USD. Should make a world of difference.
I recently received my RGT EX86100 pro, and that's pretty much what I did, and it work so well. Drives wonderfully and crawls surprisingly well. I prefer it to my Axial scx10 II raw builders I have, but that's a hardbody and probably not set up perfectly. 😁
Bought the esc70 for just over 20 dollars, the servo was about the same (metal geared JX 25kg),a 550 27t surpass motor (10-15 dollars) and got the radio/receiver on special for under 30 dollars with shipping. And it's a decent radio system.
Excellent choices! I would definitely end up doing the same with this if it was a machine I wanted to run regularly.
However, I'm working on getting it sorted for as close to $0 as possible - and we've already had some good results. Work continues today but I'm looking forward to the follow up video! Catch you then!
@@RCTNT oh, low-low budget. I'm excited to see what you've come up with.
You started out with a positive attitude and you really gave this thing a fair chance. Sure it’s cheap compared to some other RTRs but that’s still a lot of money for not a lot of performance. Not worth it but you didn’t have to spend any money on it thank goodness lol.
Thanks Scott! Yep, definitely gave it a chance. I had it on the workbench yesterday and will be filming the follow up to this one today. It can be improved cheaply - and I can't wait to see if it can do better on the rocks! Cheers
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A like as always, but for your video & definitely not the truck.!
Haha thank you kindly. We'll get the truck up to scratch, I'm hopeful!
Molto bello ... ciao dall'Italia
Grazie, ciao :)
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Very cool, meaning that you did a great job on the video!- informative, and great info to have! Appreciate you taking the time to help out others. ..like me! 👍👍👍🦾🦾👍👍👍
My pleasure! More coming on $0 (or as cheap as possible) fixes to get this thing to crawl properly! Catch you in the next one!
Hi There, I have 10275 on the way. and i will be upgrading it to...lol Thank you for this review. I have just subbed as well. Big thumbs' up.👍
Awesome! Welcome to our little corner here and I'm excited for your new 10275 :)
@@RCTNT Thank you. I will do a vid of the mod's when she come's..🙂
@@ruflasto1 sweet, I'll look out for it!