Unboxing and Running The Redcat Gen8 V2 Crawler then Trying Out My TLR 22 5.0AC For The First Time
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- Опубліковано 20 лис 2020
- What a day today turned out to be. I had to work in the morning, but later in the afternoon, my boys and I headed over to Coastal RC Speedway for some fun with RCs. I got a new Redcat Gen8 V2 International Scout II from Bitgo Hobby and had to drive it. i It handled really well and is surprisingly well built for only $299. The 17T 550 motor has plenty of power.
After running it, we went to the Offorad, portion of the facility to run my newly put together TLR 22 5.0 AC. My buddy Jeremy helped build it for me.
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It was set for Lipo mode. I changed it to Nimh on accident. It was hard to see in the low light there. We didn’t run it long enough to be an issue, but just double check yours. I looked in the light at home when taking the battery out and i had actually changed it when I shouldn’t have.
Thank you for clearing that up I got so scared because I have been using my scout for the past week and haven’t changed the settings, when I saw you Change it I got so scared that I have been ruining my battery😂
I literally jus bought this last week. This is my first crawler and i love it. When i saw it i swear it was jus screaming at me to buy it! Worth the money fer sure
Just got my Gen8v2 a couple weeks ago and gotta say I love it so far. I did hit a concert step with it and busted the portal housing so I upgraded to aluminum and I also upgraded the esc to a hobbywing 1080..these deff made the truck alot better. I'd also like to talk about the radio I'm sure it's a cheaper version but the range is great I can drive it so far that the truck gets so small I can't see it anymore..has to close to 100 yards..
Nice upgrades! The radio on it does work really well
This is one of the most realistic views of a "Beginner at the track" I have seen. Thank you. This gives people a more realistic idea of what it'll be like if they're used to bashing and decide they want to try out racing. Driving well in an open area with jumps is much different than a confined race track with specific lines you need to drive consistently. Great vid keep it up.
Then you drive even worse when there is race pressure on you 😂
@@CCxRC I can only imagine he added stress of other racers. I got into RC because of vision issues and was not able to ride mountain bikes or drive cars safely anymore. It's been 18 months and I'm in love with this hobby. Racing is out of the question for me. My vision is 20/600, I'm legally blind. (Pretty much like looking underwater in a pool all the time). However I have a blast crawling, bashing, on road and off. I even have a P.B. with my infraction V2 of 92mph. My speed runs are limited to a very specific area because of my limitations but does not stop my enjoyment. 12, RCs all upgraded, I've painted bodies built custom crawlers And done everything in between. I use jeweler goggles and very bright lights to work on my RCs. It may take me a little bit longer but I adapt and find a way. Like you I have a bash area and also a crawler course Right on my property.
Thank for the content keep it up. Your conspiracy show is a favorite of mine to listen to while wrenching. 👍
That’s awesome man. Very inspirational. 92mph is faster than I’ve ever gone with an RC! I need to find a place where I feel more comfortable with speed. It’s definitely nice having a spot in your yard. I need to work on a better crawler course
@@CCxRC I bought this house 3 years ago before I ever thought of RC. The property and location ended up being perfectly suited for RC though. So I cleared out a large section and dug up baseball sized rocks up to 100 lb rocks from all around my property. This was done over an entire summer by hand a little bit at a time. I am disabled , do not work full time anymore so it's Not too difficult for me to find the time. I even built a bridge using branches and sticks. It cost me nothing except for a time and effort. Always adding to it though. Here in Massachusetts on this 3 acre property I have no shortage of rocks. I live at the end of a nice smooth dead end road And my property is abuted up against 20 acres of town-owned woods with about 250 ft of unused road just past my drive way. Anyway I won't take up any more of your time. Have a good one man.
Loving that lime green color on the gen8💯😊 Sweet crawler course too!!!😊
solid truck and damn that course is amazing wish I had something like that near me.
Looked like a good day out with the boys👍👍 That Gen8 v2 looks like a pretty good performer.
Really nice rig. Love the detail . Awesome video
Nice the green looks sweet! nice upgrades on the V2 version, Good family fun! what you learn from track tuning goes a long way in every type of RC off the track also.
Totally agree. The last couple years racing monster trucks and 5th scale has been so helpful
I've got the same rig. Looking to upgrade stuff. The only thing I'm not sure of is the proper weighted oil for the shocks. I'm going with some RCAWD shocks that are all aluminum. I'm not adding a lot of weight with the other mods. Thanks for the effort and time with your videos.
Wow what a cool indoor course!! Have a gen8 v2 on the way, looks like a fun rig 👌🏼
AWESOME 🖤🤎💜💚💙💛❤🧡🤍
Gosh thats a gorgeous truck, i can NOT wait til i can get one myself. the gen7 pleases for sure but that gen8.
Looks great Tony .👍👍💯💯
Redcat make some of the nicest rc's. Awesome crawling video Tony.
Here’s my favorite!
Gen 8 V2 looked like it did well on the course, green is nice. Had to look back at unboxing to make sure it had rock sliders, didn’t see them while it was. Carpet racing looked fun, good job one handing the transmitters.
The Redcat looks nice. Wish we had something like that place with both indoor carpet track and a crawler course .
Nice crawler 4wd🚥👍🔥
I love my two gen 8 great trail truck for any age
Awesome video definitely like there bodies and colors trucks hold up good still running my gen7
Keep the body tucked into the sliders.
Reinforce the bottom of the body with some shoe goo and dry wall tape. The body is pretty thin and it’ll help out a lot.
I love the green. The Scout looks great with clear windows.
That's a great looking rig
such a cool indoor course
That green looks cool. I know what you main I’m constantly trying to get my kids to go with me but can’t force them. Nice narration
Looks like you had some great laps with the 22 5.0....my 4.0 was also real snappy on turns, so I kicked the servo speed and trow down...made it a lot smoother, and I just run asphalt, lol! The gen8 looks awesome for sure, I have driven a friends before and its a great rig right out of the box.
Looking sweet 💯,
Awesome vid, might have to treat myself for the holidays with the purple one
Update: it’s on its way
Great Video bud. Looks like a pretty good nice crawler. Really nice one handed driving.
Fun Eva $300 rtr, it seems really nice
Love the green on the gen8! Coastal really looks nice. I like the music along w the commentary. Overall cool vid w the tlr at the end.
You need to come down and crawl there
That place has very detailed courses I haven't got into buggy's yet they look fun butt I'm heavy into rock racers, monster trucks and scale crawlers, I ordered a Gen8 v2 Green great video Tony & boy's
cool video
Sweet video I've been eyeballing the purple one to go with my gen 7 gen 8 and axe edition. Cool crawler course looked fun.
Very cool. This is my first Redcat crawler. It did really well for such a large body up top. Love the look of it though, so I plan to keep the body.
I got the purple one on ebay slightly used....only thing I done to it was tuck in the bumpers
Been thinking about going to Coastal just hate having to go into to Norfolk lol wish we had one over in Portsmouth or Suffolk area but yea looks like load of fun
It’s technically Chesapeake and it’s tucked in quite nicely. Not too far off the freeway.
Nice Tony nice.....
Does this come in a standard and a pro version
I would love to not like that transmitter but every time one of my TQI transmitters reverses a function I think, huh never have this problem with my Redcat.
Where did you get your gen 8
Would this be a good first time crawler, for beginner like myself that has never owned one before? And can I add weight to it?
Yes it is, be great for a Beginner getting in the hobby, and yes you can Add Brass Portal weights and stuff, but I heard it’s pretty heavy for being stock out of the box. But that’s your preference. I run my Capra RTR fully stock and that’s more of a rock racer, I was looking at this truck to, this type of Vehicle is used more for running Trails or just normal Crawling!?
Great brother, what deal for this rig. Literally the best crawler RTR anyone can buy for $300. Really it’s quite incredible and the Gen 8 is my all time favorite out of all crawlers to this point in time. Nice vid brother.
Did they change the FOAMS! I sure hope so.
AwesoMe stUff brO!!😁😊😎😉😋👊👍😚👌🤙💯!!
Do y'all think this truck or the Axial Wraith 1.9 is the better buy?
This would be great in the axe edition, I have the axe xerun 1800kv system in my scx10 iii and it’s so smooth
That’s a really smooth system. I have a 1200 kv one I love
I really like the Gen8 model from RedCat. I have 4 of them. The Orange first edition one , the Gen8 Axe edition, and the purple and green ones in the V2. I just installed the RedCat light kit for the Gen8 purple edition. It makes the truck really look cool. I’ll be adding the light kit on my 3 other Gen8’s
make sure to check your portals and diffs on the new gen8 mine were dry no grease, you might have already done this but just saying, I got mine on the 17th . CHEERS
So what is the difference between the two gen 8’s just a new body?
No everything is new and Higher Quality on this truck.
nooooo put the body behind the rock sliders .... lol
Oops. My bad 😂
was going to say the same thing
can you use 3s and 2s lipo on it
I believe so. I run mine on 3s.
Am I missing something? This looks exactly the same as my gen 8 but green, I see nothing different other than the body?
Changes to the Gen8 V2 include heavy duty axles & portal gears, newly designed heavy duty axle housings, a flat skid plate, 25kg metal gear servo and updated body colors with clear windows.
@@ace73pq ok thanks for the info, first i heard of this
What battery and Charger need
It’s a t-plug connector. Only needs a 2s LiPo because it’s a fast motor. I can link you later when I’m at a comojter
It won't be long before your as good as the lads.
Just a bit more practice, you'll have it. Lol 👍
A whole lot more practice. I just want to jump things.
if its same ESC with my genny V1,i think you wrong put the lipo setting pin,man...
It is and i did. I couldn’t see well in there. Changed it when I got it home in the bench.
I couldn't concentrated on what the Gen 8 was doing because the body was not tuck in the sliders :S my OCD wouldn't let me xD
Yeah. I noticed it the whole time I edited. When I was filming, I was too focused on the small screen the whole time ...and not rolling my ankle on the rocks. 😂
Better than your orange RGT? Definitely need to get a fix for the steering on the RGT though. Dead easy to fit the later RGT/FTX steering arms. Let me know if you're interested I'll send you some part numbers. Get nearly 45° steering angle then....brilliant
Definitely interested. That’s the only struggle with that truck
@@CCxRC any parts from the FTX Outback Hi-Rock will fit. They share axles and c hubs just different steering arms.
These are the parts you need for mega steering:-
Standard plastic arms FTX9278.
Upgraded aluminium arms FTX9299.
Definitely go for the aluminium ones to match the rest of the upgraded parts on the pro kit!
You might need to tweak the steering link but could work with no adjustments!
GAME CHANGER 👍👍👍👍
@@darrennixon1986 awesome! Thank you. I believe need to get a new spur gears as well. the last run with it ended with a lot of. I use.
@@CCxRC you're welcome. Definitely get a wrenching vid up if you get hold of the parts. That truck will be insane!! Need the battery in front of the gearbox too. Maybe element enduro battery tray with some tweaks.......
The FTX Outback Fury Xtreme is the same version of the RGT. Download the manual from the CML website. They surely do a metal spur upgrade too 👍👍👍👍
Why am I just hearing about this? Looks like they got rid of that hump on the centre skid plate, which is nice and clear windows although not a fan of the chrome looking wheels but that’s just me.
Damn just when my wallet thought it was safe to go back in my pocket.
i only heard one beep that means you have it in nimh mode
Yep. You are right. I switched it to NImH. It was dark in there and the drawing through me off
@@CCxRC I am glad I caught that be safe my friend. CHEERS
In the kid's defense, monster trucks and crawlers are cooler than a 2wd buggy. That is a really nice hobby shop.
I can think of way better ways to spend 3 hundo...
I wood not buy any redcat rc my gen8 v2 came with no grease on diffs porta axles was dry of grease remote was broke and body shell had ruff spots in it im still waiting and the remote been 2 wks .Stay away from redcat
great video brother, just pains me that you WASTED your money on anything redcat, i had a gen 8, upgraded the piss out of it and gave it a year long " benefit of doubt " run and ended up giving the damn thing away just to get it out of my sight, along with the other 3 redcat's i had, just absolute crap!!! i couldn't even sell the trucks i had, not that i couldn't have, but didn't feel right taking money from someone knowing how terrible redcat shit is, anyways, sorry for the rant;)
Tell us how you really feel, it sucks getting burned. Ive been there