New Redcat Racing Ascent-18 RTR Crawler

Press Release From Redcat Racing:
www.redcatracing.com

Scale rock crawling has garnered immense popularity, attracting enthusiasts who relish navigating challenging terrains and conquering obstacles with specialized vehicles. Redcat has earned respect in the 1:10 scale crawling community by offering high-quality competitive vehicles at a reasonable price. “With the Ascent-18, we have brought the same level of quality, performance, and affordability found in our 1:10 scale crawlers into the 1:18 scale crawler market,” said a Redcat spokesperson. While this small 1:18 scale crawler may fit in your hand, it is extremely capable and boasts high-end features typically found in larger-scale competitive crawlers.

One of the benefits of the Ascent-18’s small size is that it opens up many new crawling opportunities. With a 1:18 scale crawler, previously overlooked ordinary objects are now recognized as potential crawling grounds. A small pile of driveway gravel can easily be converted into a gnarly rock crawler course and a few added sticks offer an additional challenge. With the Ascent-18, rainy days have become an exciting adventure of indoor crawling. The entire house is now a potential crawler course. Simply driving on the couch, transitioning from one cushion to the other, is very satisfying. Place a couple of magazines, books, playing cards, pillows, or even a scrunched-up blanket on the floor, and you’ve instantly created a competitive 1:18 scale obstacle course that can provide hours of fun. All this in the comfort of your own home. The Ascent-18 broadens the possibilities and brings a whole new level of excitement to this amazing hobby.

The Ascent-18 features ball bearings, hex drive hardware, portal axles, impressive steering angle, optional underdrive gearing, aluminum chassis rails, metal ring and pinion gears, machined aluminum spools, metal portal gears, 7mm wheel hexes, powerful 180 sized motor, precision metal geared micro servo, aluminum capped oil filled shocks, 750 mAh 2S LIPO battery pack and of course a Redcat 2.4Ghz radio system.  Redcat is also launching a complete line of performance hop up parts that will be available at the time of the Ascent-18 release, which is absolutely amazing. We’ll be going over which performance parts Redcat has decided to offer and we think you’ll be excited.

Ball bearings: The Ascent-18 uses ball bearings, instead of bushings, throughout the vehicle to ensure smooth operation and longevity, setting it apart in the 1:18 scale crawler market.

Hex hardware: Redcat has used high quality hex hardware for durability and ease of routine maintenance. 

Impressive steering angle: Redcat has designed the Ascent-18 with the goal of being the best performing 1:18 scale crawler available. While there are many factors that go into making a performance based crawler, one of those factors is steering. The Ascent-18 features an impressive amount of steering. Its steering angle helps the Ascent-18 to pull through tight situations while navigating its way through gnarly obstacles.

Precision metal geared micro servo: The included Hexfly HX-M4K 4kg coreless metal gear micro servo may be small, but it packs a punch. Servos like this are usually found on vehicles that have already been upgraded, but Redcat has decided to include it with the RTR Ascent-18. This is yet another impressive feature that Redcat has included with this mini marvel.

Aluminum chassis rails: A 2mm flat rail aluminum chassis is the perfect balance of strength and performance. It’s lightweight allows the Ascent-18 to glide over obstacles while providing a rigid backbone for stable performance.

Portal axles: Portal axles offer the benefits of increased ground clearance and reduced torque twist. Metal portal gears, ring gears and pinion gears are used to ensure the Ascent-18 runs smoothly time after time.

Machined aluminum spools: The machined aluminum spools help to maintain constant traction to all four tires. If the Ascent-18 finds itself in a situation with one of its wheels in the air, the other three can still pull the crawler through the obstacle.

7mm wheel hexes: 7mm wheel hexes allow the driver to choose from many popular wheel and tire options on the market today. While the Ascent-18 performs amazingly well with the included wheel/tire combo, this is just another way the Ascent-18 is easily customizable.

Aluminum capped oil filled shocks: Smooth action aluminum-capped oil filled shocks ensure consistent performance on every trail. 

Powerful 180 sized motor: The included 180 size motor is the biggest motor that would fit in such a small crawler. Additionally, there are already many motor upgrade options on the market today that will drop right into this amazing little crawler. 

Front tilt body: The Ascent-18's front tilt body mounting system simplifies maintenance and enhances its aesthetic appeal. The quarter turn locking mechanism makes keeping up with body clips a thing of the past.

2.4Ghz radio system: The included high quality 2.4Ghz radio system offers dual rates, channel reversing and trims for precision control. The receiver and ESC, which are built into a single compact unit, keep weight to a minimum and also maximize this tiny crawler’s chassis real estate. This allows extra room for shifting weight bias with different electronic layouts.

Ready-To-Run (RTR): The ascent-18 is completely Ready-To-Run and includes all electronics, radio, rechargeable 750 mAh 2S LIPO battery pack and charger.

Available Hop Up parts at launch: Redcat is releasing a complete line of high quality performance hop up parts for the Ascent-18 that are available for purchase at the launch of the vehicle. That’s right, you can buy the brand new Ascent-18 and load up on a bunch of performance parts too. That is amazing. Enthusiasts can start upgrading and customizing their Ascent-18's immediately after opening it. Redcat’s list of hop up parts is impressive, to say the least. These high quality performance upgrade parts include both brass and aluminum options, and you even get to choose between red and bronze color for most of the aluminum parts. Brass is heavier than aluminum, so you can choose where you want to add weight to your Ascent-18, and where you want to add strength without adding much weight. Not only do these parts increase performance, their brilliant finish looks absolutely stunning.

Available brass performance hop up parts include:  Inner portal axle box, outer portal axle box cover, servo mounting bracket, diff covers, front/rear upper links, front/rear lower links, steering link, center skid plate, and wheel hexes.

Available aluminum performance hop up parts include: Servo mounting bracket, diff covers, front/rear upper links, front/rear lower links, steering link, shock bodies, center skid plate, and servo horn.

Available steel performance hop up parts include: Steel transmission gear set.  

COMING SOON - Optional overdrive & underdrive portal gear set. (6% overdrive front & 6% underdrive rear) Available April 2024

The Ascent-18 is truly an amazing little crawler with so many customization options. This incredible little crawler is gonna fly off the shelves at $119.99 so It’s hard to believe that Redcat is going the extra mile with offering a special limited time “Launch Pricing”, for only $99.99 through May 1, 2024, but that’s Redcat for ya, always thinking about the customer while providing Scale Fun For Everyone.

For more information about the Ascent-18 and other exceptional RC products from Redcat, please visit www.redcatracing.com.

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