The stuff that has broke on the Redcat Racing Caldera XB SC 10E

This vehicle is not owned by me it is owned my my step father who is new to this hobby and is loving every minute of it. My hope is to keep track his breakages with this post and maybe help a future buyer with their spare parts list.


These where bought used the below is a list of items broke when they were received or it was obvious they had been replaced .

Spur gear  BS909-003
Pinion gear BS909-004







Spur gear  BS909-003
Pinion gear BS909-004
Servo  HX-3CP

Servo saver / bellcrank had been upgrade stock unit was in baggy.

Inner hub bearing mostly missing.

10x15x4mm bearing BS903-016







As of 02/ 05 /14 

lower Pivot screw for front hub loosened and fell out  










One cracked but not broken wheel due to collision . 

lower Pivot screw for front hub loosened and fell out  

Stuff that has Broke on the Redcat Racing Twister XTG Pro

This vehicle is  owned by me My hope is to keep track my breakages with this post and maybe help a future buyer with their spare parts list. 

Opened September 15 2013

As of  April 2 2014

Two NIMH battery Packs worth of running plus 3 2s lipo packs 





2 Front Top Steering Mount 

Front collision at mild speed with a truck tire running on NIMH. 2nd Was doing some light jumping on the second breakage. 

http://www.redcatracing.com/KB-61004












2 Front Bottom Plate 

Front collision at mild speed with a truck  tire running on NIMH. Was doing some light jumping on the second breakage. 

http://www.redcatracing.com/KB-61002







1 Front / Rear Body Post & Mount.

lots of wrecking and skidding 


http://www.redcatracing.com/KB-62005









1 lansu steering servo 

broke pretty quick took it apart and its not that great probably the cheapest "as far as quality" servo I have torn apart. 

I will no longer being driving this Truck . The cost of operation for my uses is getting to high for my taste and I will be discontinuing my use and will more than likely keep the electronics and part everything else out . 

Stuff that has broke on the Redcat Racing Ground Pounder Updated 07/18/15

Updated 07/18/15

My personal Ground Pounder

Received 02/13/14

2 spur gears

Burnt through a spur gear my fault as I believed RedCat's description of the stock pinion being mod .6 turns out it is standard 48 pitch .

Second was due to a over tight slipper , a 17 tooth pinion and running a lipo battery. Big hard wheelies are fun but not reccomended with the stock set up. 

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2677/.f






1 Motor

The arm that hold and applies pressure to one of the brushes broke . Turns out the stock setup has the motor rotating backward to its intended design I blame this falure on this strange choice .   

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2655/.f

3 shock mount

Landed right rear wheel coming off a jump . 
I don't recommend landing with the nose of the truck pointed straight up.

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2667/.f
http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2668/.f









7 plastic ball cup

Collision with in movable object

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2698/.f







1 spring cup 

Lost one.

http://www.redcatracing.com/BS702-050gm





2 lower link suspension link

Was doing a little jumping pretty much slammed full speed into  part of the jump with it .


http://www.redcatracing.com/BS704-011gm










4 drive shafts 

After installing the Brushless system from the Twister XTG I promptly destroyed both the front and the Rear driveshafts since I left all the ESC setting at default driveshaft upgrade is planned.

http://www.redcatracing.com/BS702-055







This vehicle is not owned by me it is owned my my step father who is new to this hobby and is loving every minute of it. My hope is to keep track his breakages with this post and maybe help a future buyer with their spare parts list. 
As of  09/19/14


Original purchase September 1, 2013




1 spring cup 

Lost one a run spring tension must have been low sadly only available when buying new shocks currently using one swiped from a  Caldera .

http://www.redcatracing.com/BS702-050gm






1 axle / differential housing 

Broke while performing back flips off the fence. 

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2664/.f
http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2665/.f






3 plastic ball cups

Collision with in movable objects

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2698/.f










2 shock mount's

Collision with in movable objects

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2667/.f
http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2668/.f







1 Motor

Seems driving in deep snow pulls to many amps 
through the brushes and burnt the com up . Upgrade is being pondered .  Correction by using polishing compound on the com to clean it up a bit and then following the water break 'in method the motor is back in action .

http://www.redcatracing.com/s.nl/it.A/id.2655/.f

Redcat Racing updated the Caldera xb sc 10e but they haven't updated the spec's on the website ?

Once again Redcat has made some improvements to a existing model they have sold for some time but haven't updated their website to show this and they really should .

As in my last post by step dad picked up a couple of  Redcat Racing Caldera's and low and behold Redcat made a few improvements .   


First up they changed the ESC .

Before they were using a HobbyWing 35 amp EZRUN .

 Spec's :
EZRUN-35A: Continuous 35A, burst 190A
Input: 4-9 cells NiMH/NiCd or 2-3S LiPo.  
 EZRUN-35A: 0.0015 Ohm.
With 4-6 cells NiMH/NiCd or 2S Lipo: On-Road≥9T, Off-Road≥12T;
With 6-9 cells NiMH/NiCd or 3S Lipo: On-Road≥12T, Off-Road≥18T;




Now they are using a HobbyWing WP-S10E-RTR speed control which seems to be a OEM only unit .

Spec's
WATER PROOF ESC 45A BRUSHLESS.
CONSTANT CURRENT: 45A
BURST CURRENT:            220A
RESISTANTS:                    0,0012ohm
MOTOR LIMIT ON ROAD 2 cell lipo   > 9T
MOTOR LIMIT OFF ROAD 2 cell lipo > 12T
2 cell lipo    -  3650 motor
MOTOR LIMIT ON ROAD 3 cell lipo > 12T
MOTOR LIMIT OFF ROAD 3 cell lipo > 18T
3 cell lipo - 3650 motor
BATTERY 4 - 9 Cells NiMh or 2 - 3 cells LIPO

They also changed the motor it is no longer a deeply finned can now it just has very shallow fin's .

The  Receiver is now rated as Water Resistant or splash proof .The servo should be like the rest of the HexFly Servo's as it is sealed like the more powerful models.http://www.redcatracing.com/receiver
http://www.redcatracing.com/3KG-SERVO_2