I currently own a Sumo RC, Shredder XT, Avalanche XTE, Tornado S30, Ramapage XBE and a Mini C50 plane from Redcat. Out of all those the Tornado is the only one I had any issue with as far as parts failure. The front steering hubs are just a very cheap injection molded piece with regrind plastic. I upgraded those with some aluminum ones and have had no issue since.

A lot of it with Redcat getting bad reviews is because you are getting people who are buying $150.00 entry level nitro models because they wanted to have a gas powered RC and have no idea what they are doing with it. These models should be completely checked over, thread lock used, diff checked and shimmed and properly broken in and in my eperience just a few other upgrades like steering servos, hubs and maybe shocks you should have a decent model on your hands.

My Shredder XT out of the box has been a damn monster. I have had it for 3 months now and ran with with dual 5000 2S lipo's at least 30 times and nothing on it has broken or needed replaced other than the body. Even on the bodies that are legitimate low quality. I have figured out a good way to keep those intact. I just lined the inside of mine with duct tape and it has curbed a ton of the breaking.

I have also owned in the past T-max, Revo, RS4, RS10, Savage XL and they all need work. If they didn't you would not have the aftermarket parts support for these models you have now. Redcat is becoming more mainstream and more aftermarket support is coming out for them all the time, RC Screwz, 7075 RC, T-Bone Racing and others are all currently making nice upgrades for various Redcat models. I would guess in the next 3 - 5 years you will see a ton of aftermarket companies making items for Redcat models. The line is simply growing to fast to be ignored.<br type="_moz" />