Ep. 291: The $100 Rock Crawler - Danchee / Redcat Ridgerock Unboxing

[@OGs_Playground]

This platform blows my mind on capability alone. When I saw the price it became the deal of a lifetime for me. Very upgradable for very little money and easily became my most favorite RC in my arsenal. I've not touched my brand new TRX4 2021 Bronco since I picked this one up. I need at least 3. Have fun!

[@RCPhysics]

That's awesome! I've already taken it out in stock form and was really impressed. So impressed that I haven't started the mods I mentioned in the video (yet). 😅 I'm going to bite the bullet and start the mods though, mainly because I want to use the stock Rx/ESC module in another rig I'm building and convert this one over to my Flysky radio setup and get battery telemetry working. What mods have you done to yours?

[@OGs_Playground]

@@RCPhysics so far... upgraded wheels and tires (2.2), 2-25kg steering servos. Everest 10 links, 12mm hub spacers, added almost 2oz of weight inside of the front motor housing, pen spring mod, deans plug swap, lipo battery, custom paint job I already thrashed, swapped with everest 10 body. If you do the pen spring mod try cutting the pen spring in half. Full spring made it way too low and lost alotta clearance. Such a fun ride. Had I bought this 1 first I could have saved thousands.

[@OGs_Playground]

@@RCPhysics almost forgot the most important one. Added 2.5oz of sticky weights to the inside rim of each of the upgraded tires. Made all the difference in the world.

[@RCPhysics]

@@OGs_Playground Thanks! I think the 1st thing I'll do (after the electronics) is add weight to the wheels and axles.

[@jdpaslRC]

Looks very nice.

[@RCPhysics]

Thanks! I'm really impressed by this little thing. 🤩

[@Riz23Riz]

Glad to see you get into the crawler game. I’ve got a Redcat Gen 7. We should go trailing soon.

[@RCPhysics]

That would be sweet!

[@jimfrankiii4976]

I know it has been a while but i'd like to see any kind of update on this Ridgerock project. Thanks

[@RCPhysics]

I've actually got a couple follow-up videos filmed that I never got around to editing. I'll get on that!

[@LeverActionLarry]

Done any mods yet?

[@RCPhysics]

Videos coming..... 😅 I'm juggling a LOT of projects right now, so I need to start cranking out content. I have a nice video of it running in stock form in the queue as well as an upgrade walkthrough. There is a LOT of interest in this rig and I plan on a lot of content soon and will be taking it out more this spring, too.