Team Associated RB10 Review

The Team Associated RB10 is an RTR 1/10 buggy that can be used for off-road bashing, or on and off-road racing. At the price it is at, it certainly makes it a very affordable (relatively speaking of course!) entry-level 1/10 racing buggy to get into RC racing. What is the car like?
Let’s find out about the Team Associated RB10 in this review.

The specs of the RB10 are impressive.
When you lift the nice body (I had the blue body version as I feel the red doesn’t pop out as much compared to the blue body) you are greeted with the popular and reliable reedy electronics, it looks on paper to be a winner. The car runs the reedy ESC to power its 3300kv brushless motor which is mounted at the rear, powering the rear wheels only.
The motor and ESC are rated to 3S which should give you plenty of opportunities for some nice slides with the car especially with the car featuring a DVC (dynamic vehicle control) gyro which is a feature on the car's receiver.

The Team Associated XP120 2.4Ghz 2-channel radio is a tried and tested radio but does the job. There have been some issues with the transmitter when used in the team-associated MT10 and Team Associated SC10 with the transmitter, so it will be interesting to see if this will still be the case on the RB10. All that you are required on top of what’s in the box is a lipo battery (with deans connector) and charger, and some AA batteries for the transmitter.
So after I got my 2S Voltz lipo battery on charge, the next thing to do was to go and take this bad boy outside the wheelspin models HQ, and take it for a drive!

The first thing I will say is this is the first buggy I have ever owned, especially something that is race-orientated.
I have been used to pretty much every car I own, or have owned, having 4WD so it was interesting for me to see how a rear wheel drive buggy would feel and drive. When I started driving, the first thing I noticed was just how nice the car was to drive and the power delivery was so nice and smooth on the trigger.

I think the RB10’s aluminium 12mm big bore coil-over shock absorbers and High-grip, off-road tyres certainly help with the handling of the car. The car felt stable when you turned into a corner and the gyro helped when you decided to put the power in when you were coming out of the corner and controlling the slide. It was so much fun outside with it, that some of the other team members wanted a go with it and they were all really impressed with the RB10.
If this is what it is like outdoors for general bashing, imagine what it will be like with some control tyres on the wheels and used on our soon-to-be-finished indoor buggy track! We need to get this built quickly as I’m chomping at the bit now to take this on a track for some racing, even though I know I’ll be plodding compared to everyone else!

So, the Team Associated RB10, is this a car you should be thinking of purchasing? If you are after a 1/10 buggy to do something general bashing one day, and then chuck some racing tyres on to take it to your local RC race track to do something 1/10 buggy racing!
When you think that at the price it is cheaper than most 1/10 Tamiya buggies, which soon add up when you have to add all your electronics etc to the original kit price. The difference in quality between them is night and day, and while admittedly I haven’t used the car on an RC track yet, I have plenty of faith that this RB10 will give me lots of fun and do the job very well at which it was built.

As an entry-level 1/10 racing buggy, this will be the best bang for the buck car in my opinion!

Get your Team Associated RB10 1/10 buggy from our website at the following link below:
https://dev.wheelspinmodels.co.uk/i/338307/