Well after a 10 year hiatus from the RC world I thought I would get back into it slowly with a Redcat Volcano. I have had countless buggies, trucks etc in the past 90% of them were electric from Associated, Tamiya, etc. My favorite 2wd electric was probably my old RC10T, hot motor, Novak, and other countless dollars spent on it

I have read horror stories about the Redcats and I have read all the praises... I like to form my own opinion so I thought I would see for myself. The price can't be beat so what the heck. Dive in head first.

I see the main complaint about gear wear for the most part been addressed. What other areas of concern are there?

Since I told my wife this was to be a Christmas present from the kids I can not touch it until then. Of course I plan to have all of the extras on hand to get it going Christmas day!

I plan to pick an electric 1/10 scale for my 14 year old son. If I would have thought of it sooner I could have done it for Christmas... Oh well. My first one was the Tamiya Lunchbox, I had a blast with that thing, I had way too much motor, an ESC, and a ton of rear end parts.. I am thinking I will get one of those for him.

Look forward to contributing and learning,

Chris

Honestly the only issue with the volcano is the gear train, which you already know about. It's a simple fix once you wear out the stock gear train, you can replace it with the single speed set up. I would check the radio when you get it before you run it. Just turn on the radio and the car and walk away working the controls and make sure it works at least 50 yards away maybe alittle less. Other than that all you need to get going is a starter kit, fuel, after run oil, air filter oil and 12 AA and you're off to the races.

Welcom back to RC. I recently did the same , was out of it for about 10 years and jumped back in full force lol. In the past month and a half I have bought 4 redcats. Monsoon and Hurricain to run at the Clermont track and I made a electric drifting lightning only to get a gas lightning a week later. So far I have not had any major problems at all (other than a drain on the bank account LOL).
With a 14 yr old son sounds like you need to get somthing for each of you and find the local track. My son and I did that for many years and we enjoyed it very much.

I did the same but it was more like 20 years for me! You can start out with a single speed shockwave like I did and then you already have th ebest drivetrain . then modify it from there to what you want. I have had good luck with mine. Did a ton of mods in the year sonce last Christmas I bought it for my Son too

welcome back. You will find alot of good info here. Feel free to ask questions. There are alot of good people here to help. Well, I gotta boogy, heading to the flying field before work. GOtta do some demo's for the retired flying guys lol

Sweet, another person from michigan. You will love the volcano. Its a tough little truck. If you do what allaboutfun suggests youll be all set.

Thanks for the replies!

I have a large (roughly 50'x70') area behind my second garage I was thinking I could convert to a track. Right now it is pretty much just wasted space filled with Sumacs and scrub brush. Clear out the small stuff and put a shovel in the kids hand and one in mine and get to work once the ground thaws! Since I am pretty much in all sandy soil it should work out fairly well. My neighbors will appreciate the sound of one of these over the sound of a V8 and open headers! I have a friend at work who is into this stuff too. He is real interested in setting up a track. Some work beats driving 45 minutes to the closest one.

Harryball, Lansing huh? You are not all that far away. Measured in MI terms thats 1 - 1.5 hours!