Those are about the worst ones to start with honestly!!
Intergy has some of the worst crap ever!!!
Red cat has almost no aftermarket replacement parts.

By far the best starter rig would be a AX 10 RTC or a losi RTC.
AX 10.
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/In-Stock...nd-promotional-32-off-Axial-AX10-Scorpion-RTC-Ready-to-Crawl-90011-p-17397.html

Losi
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=LOSB0104

 

X2 on the axial, or if you aren't worried about "size", the LOSI Mini RC
http://www.rcspeedzone.com/index/ro...id=64597&ucroi_google_type=GoogleAdWordsSearch&gclid=CLek3YuwiZ0CFSYoawod60Em6A

EDIT: if you never plan to get serious about crawling you can get the Duratrax Cliff Climber. about 100 bucks new, and after you drop another 50-75 into it, it can be pretty capable. I have one just for bashing when I don't wanna roll my axial or TLT off a cliff.

 

so what upgrades would one do to the cliff climber to make it more capapble. I have looked at them but decided that they were a bit small but not any smaller than the ax10

 

so I like the ax10 it's a little more reasonable than I had thought. How much am I looking to spend on a battery and charger? How long will a battery last or which is the best battery to get for the best performance?

also I kinda like the HPI crawler King.

here: http://www.tcscrawlers.com/On-Sale-15-off-HPI-Jeep-Wrangler-Crawler-King-RTR-102115-p-17702.html.

thoughts

 

what about this one It's still and AX10 scorpion just has the option of hauling ass
http://www.tcscrawlers.com/On-Sale-10-off-Axial-AX10-Scorpion-RTR-90002-p-16753.html

 

Axial RTR or RTC.............just do it

 

Wife ended up buying me the Redcat Racing RS10 for my birthday. She got it for like $130 new on ebay. I think it will be alright to get started with. Thanks for the imput on it guys. maybe I'll get a scorpion some day.

 

They are great,, People are just now starting to fudgure out some hopups for them....

There is a wiring upgrade that helps..free

diffrent gear ratios.

Lower the body..

best bang for the buck IMOP....

Found this place for parts..

http://www.urchobby.com/products.php?cat=Redcat+Racing+Rockslide+RS10+Parts


Check out thios one with a lowered body..

This guy lowered his body looks way better..

 

thanks for the link. I really like mine in fact I finally got tires of the tires rubbing the body so I trimmed it a bit and then lowered it. I agree looks a lot better I feel it's a quality piece of equipment. my biggest gripe with it is that I haven't bought a quick charger for it so it's 30 mins of play for a few hours of charge kinda sucks.

what's the wiring upgrade and where do i get it.

what gear ratios would you recomend?

 

Wiring upgrade i read on RC crawler.. It is just running the front and rear Yello/Blue wires from each seprate motor together.. So both motors come toghether then meeet at the ESC and the ESC is wired together also...Makes the 2 motors run smoother.. Connect Sometimes the ESC glitches..


stock Gears are fine, they only offer lower gears..

I bought some Bandbot motors and i'll let you know how they work should be faster and only cost 4$$ per motor...

Tires are the big thing to make these things work better.. Look for some white rover tires.. I picked up a full set for 24$ shipped...

 

motor pic

 

Is this redcat a good buy Im always seein them on ebay for $150-160 and I have no plans to get into any kind of competition just something to play around with in the campground or in the yard while my rig is down.

Also are there any alternative bodies to kinda make it look like a truck.

 

I noticed that you trimmed the battery tray and moved it up to run a flat pack how did you do it I want to put a bigger battery in it but can't find one larger in the style we run. also would help with the chassis cating on everything. let me know. thanks

as far as them being a good deal i think so i love mine

 

I cheated and went lipo now.. i attach the batteries to the front axle and
Cleaned up the bottom plate to look better..

Crawls great but lipos took out the ESc and i steped up to a castle sidewinder ESC.. now running 11 v. WOW it is on crack.. But 65$ ESC and a 30$ lipo..

To stay cheep I would just keep the 7.2v and have fun.. It crawled fine at 7.2..

Made some bent links out of just solid rod. 2...

 

i have thought about moving the battery to the top of the chassis and cutting it off like you did then running a stick style 7.2v.

oh btw I love the bent links I had looked at some axial bent links and thought about maybe using them.

also some one had mentioned somethin about tires I know my don't bite as good as I'd like them to they seem to spin alot. what is a good sticky tire?

 

hey tj mark is there a way you could shoot me some sort of wiring diagram for rewiring the motors to get rid of the clod stall?

 

BUy a Axial SCX-10 TR if you are not competing you will love this truck

 

i already have the rs10and it does what i wanna do with it

 

where did you get the softer springs also where did you get the rover whites for $24 shipped. I pulled the foams out of my stock tires and they work way better still not the best tho.

 

The wiring is just connect the 2 positives wires and the 2 negatives then connect them to the ECS wires... Helps with even current draw a little..

Then white rovers were from CRKC i belive.. In AZ..

Softer springs dirrect from Redcat

 

thanks man does crkc have a website? I have been looking online at the rovers and they are generally $20 a pair + shipping. do you have or know of a part number for the softersprings?