Customer Ratings & Reviews

A great cheaper alternative to expensive hobby class cars. Fast, responsive, and good strut system.

Great purchase for the kids and the kid in me! Super Fast and High Quality!

The Redcat Racing Cyclone XB10 buggy reminds me of my first Hobby grade RC car that started it all over 30 years ago. Ive been in and out of RC cars, trucks, and have had a few quad copters as well though the years. But my overall favorites have been cars and trucks. I got into hobby grade RC when I was about 12 when an adult friend gave me an old Tamiya Wild One buggy. Well this started the itch and I ended up getting my first new car which was a Kyosho Ultima 2WD. I have fond memories of that car, the mistakes I made, all I learned, and just how much fun it was tinkering as well as driving. Well here it is 30 years later and Im kind of back where I started. A simple 2wd buggy. A lot has changed and a lot is still the same. The main change that I appreciate the most if having an electronic speed control. Back in the day there was an antiquated system of a servo, heat sink, linkage, and a resistor that would control the voltage to the motor. And if any of these werent perfect the car would either have only low speed, or always full speed, or just wouldnt go at all. I spent about 70% of all my repair times on that stupid mechanical speed control. Now with electronic speed controls its just so much easier. Not to mention being lighter without needing the second servo. The Redcat Cyclone buggy is the PERFECT RC car to get someone into the hobby. It comes fully assembled, with 2 batteries for the car, a 2amp charger, and even the AA batteries for the remote control. When I got my first buggy I had to buy all of this separate and being new to the sport it was very intimidating. Not knowing what worked for what car, what brands were any good. And even worse not having a local hobby shop back then so everything was done by calling in for parts. With the Redcat Cyclone you have it all in one box ready to go. Just charge the batteries, pop in the 4 AA batteries into the radio and your off. Which is awesome especially on Christmas morning. Instead of spending all day assembling it and figuring it all out, you can be out on the street showing it off to your friends. And hopefully they are into RC already, or get into it so you can have your own RC club. Trust me its SO MUCH more fun with at least one other buddy. Now being this whole set up is under $200 dont expect a bunch of alloy parts, or everything tuned to perfection. This is is basically a beginner/ backyard basher. The suspension is stiff, the turning isnt very smooth. But for what you pay its an amazing deal. There are upgrades out there that might fit if you want to go that route. But like I said this is perfect for getting someone into the sport. It is just fast enough to have fun, but not so fast that you'll end up out of control. The included ESC (Electronic Speed Control) does allow for optional lipo batteries with the flip of a switch if you want more speed. But the included NIMH battery charger IS NOT designed to charge lipos. So you would also need a lipo charger in addition to the lipo batteries. The controller is very easy to use with an on/ off switch, steering reverse trim for the steering if left is right and vice versa, or if it wont track straight there an adjustment for that as well. As simple as it gets for radio controllers goes. The batteries are a little more difficult to get into the car than some other vehicles, but its not too bad. Just remove the blue body, a few clips, then insert the pack in the car. Plug it in (making sure the car is switched off at the time), then put all the clips back in. ALWAYS turn the radio on first, then the car, then turn the car off first, then the radio. The reason being is because it can pick up other signals if you have the car on with the radio off and you could have a runway car. I know this from experience, and the results arent cheap depending on what it hits, and how fast it was going. Once the battery is in, and both the car and radio are on pull slightly back on the trigger and make sure the car is tracking in a straight line when you have the steering control centered at Neutral. If it is turning slightly left or right that is what the radios steering trim is for. Just slightly turn that either left or right accordingly until it tracks straight. After that you pretty much ready to go. Take it slow at first in an area where you wont be bashing into people, curbs, etc. And practice until you get used to it. Depending on how you drive you should get about 15-20 minutes of drive time, which is standard. If you want more drive time you can either buy another 2000 mah pack, or upgrade to one of the higher MAH packs available. The manual is very nicely laid out with simple to understand instructions, and even has an exploded view of all the parts with their associated part numbers for the inevitable broken part here and there. Thats one thing you can be sure of in the RC sport... stuff WILL BREAK!. So hopefully you yourself, or a parent, friend, or local shop will be able to help you out there. I personally just self taught myself making a lot of mistakes along the way, and would now consider myself an intermediate RC mechanic. Just invest into a nice tool kit, a dremel tool if possible, some hobby blades and you should be on your way. And if you have any other questions, etc. their of a ton of forums out there to help you as you learn more about the hobby. Ive bought, seen, reviewed, and researched a lot of different RC cars and trucks and this is the one I would recommend to anyone that just wants to get into the hobby, or wants to bash around their backyard or neighborhood without having to spends hundreds of dollars on all the parts and things needed just to get started. It comes with it all. And since it has 2 batteries in the box you can be charging one while riding the other and swap them out with only a few minutes of wait time between each. If your looking to get into RC yourself, getting your kid into RC, or just want an extra car that you can bash around with the Redcat Cyclone buggy is the way to go. Get out there and play!!

VERY FAST WITH FAST CHARGING AND COMES WITH 2 BATTERIES SO KIDS DONT HAVE TO WAIT TO PLAY.

We decided to purchase this over a new bright r/c car. This Best Buy exclusive exceeded our expectations. Highly recommend this one for introduction to r/c hobby.

For a starter remote control car it is absolutely good. Just note that you will have to buy a bigger battery because the ones it comes with only last 10 minutes.

What a blast to drive, so much fun. This car is tough as nails and really fast.

My son loved getting this on his birthday. It goes fast and runs smoothly

Car is very easy to operate. The battery life is okay, and it is fast.

Bought it for my son 12yo. Loves it. Speed and durability are great

This was purchased as a Christmas present. Although I've taken the car out of the box for inspection we haven't driven it yet. It looks very well made and has a good weight to it.

Great buy! I actually bought two of them and the kids and I are having a blast! My only complaint is battery life. Probably getting 20-25 minutes at best out of a battery.

So far it’s held up well to an 8 year old. Really fast!

Very cool, fast, responsive, durable and just plain cool

Got this product for half the price was on sale for one day as a Christmas gift for my son! This rc car is FAST!!! Works great only complaint would be that the battery included only gives hime like 10-12 minutes of run time but i went ahead and purchased a bigger battery from redcat.com problem solved!

Runs pretty fast for the good price and super light

Comes with 2, great car for the great price! Speed and capability is great.

Decent starter car. Raced R/C cars for years. Bought this one for my son. Seems like a nice starter car for him.

Lots of fun, goes faster then expected and very durable!

This is a great starter car for kids wanting to possibly get into racing them. It’s easy maintenance & fun.