>>>>> The delivery
The vehicle comes in a rather large box with the remote control and two AA batteries for selbige, a small 700mAh lithium-ion battery for the car, one charger for the vehicle battery and an instruction manual. The decor is so very good and you can get started right away.
>>>>> The vehicle
The 1:16 model is quite large - looks really nice and makes at first glance seems robust. The body of the carts is lovingly designed and printed in color (so there is no label could be detached) and the figure sitting in the kart is beautifully designed. The haptics is very good - the plastic does not feel so inferior, as known eg from many cheap Chinese toy products here.
The vehicle features the new 2.4GHz control technique called Carrera "Servotronic".
>>>>> The remote control
The new 2.4GHz remote control offers a children-oriented control with two control sticks (front / back and left / right) without trim. It is slightly smaller than the Servo-Tronic remote controls for other car models from Carrera (which were too big in my opinion something) and therefore ideal for children.
What do you like the new remote control is the first place, the tiny antenna that are no longer about 1 meter long is now (a clear weakness of the 27 MHz models). Furthermore, the remote control has a status LED - thanks to which one can determine, first, whether the Fernbedineung is turned on and secondly whether the FB is connected to a vehicle.
Furthermore, like the fact that the battery cover of the new FB now has a plastic clip for closing and no longer has to be screwed, but can be screwed optional. A good solution.
>>>>> The battery and the charger
That Carrera RC vehicles modern Li-Ion batteries is donated laudable. That the same fall in this model a little small with 700mAh is not so much. However, it can also be used the larger, separately to be acquired, 900mAh and 1200mAh batteries tuning. By 1200, the vehicle battery runs much longer than an hour even with intensive use.
Charging the battery is easily achieved via the supplied charger, the signaled via an LED if the battery is fully charged. The battery in the battery compartment is mounted below the ferry stuff, its lid, as in the FB are sealed with two plastic tabs, but can also be screwed optional. The battery compartment is very large and also the much larger 1200mAh battery fits easily inside.
Finally also the power switch for the model is very accessible (next to the battery compartment). And that's when Carrera RC models unfortunately not self-evident (owner of Fire-Fighters and Red Hunters know what I mean ...)
>>>>> The driving and steering
What do you like the new 2.4 GHz controller, which is a clear improvement on the old 27 MHz technology. In the 27 MHz technology, there were just flat out forward or backward at full throttle and full left or full right-turning twist. The new controller allows forward and backward drive in each 3 speed levels and left and right turning in also 3 stages. That's still not right proportional control such as in the "Carrera Racing Machine" but a clear improvement over the old control and absolutely OK for this price range.
The straight ahead is the vehicle mechanically trims, the left and right turn not. If you drive to the left, and the figure tends sitting in the kart to the left - and you go to the right tends them to the right - that's really cool. A lighting or stoplights there are in this model is not - but it's also a cart.
Unfortunately has the new Servo-Tronic control of the front wheels via a motor instead of a steering servo. This is not just audible and disturbingly loud - but the engine does not turn off when the maximum steering wheel turning is achieved.
Nevertheless, the control works very well. In contrast to our "Fire Fighter" the servo control of the two carts Tronic has no problems to guide the front wheels when the vehicle is stationary.
Since the speed can be adjusted via the remote control - so you can also go slowly - it is also possible to use the vehicle indoors. Outside - at full throttle - reached the vehicle, however, been a very good speed.
>>>>> Durability
As for the durability of RC products Carrera has received disastrous reviews on Amazon.
Also I have in this regard had bad experiences with Carrera RC vehicles. But: This model makes a very robust and works out-of-the-box properly. Therefore there is no reason for point deductions.
>>>>> Conclusion
This vehicle has everything a child's heart beat faster. It looks really cool, has lovingly crafted characters and can be controlled easily.
Carrera has much improved: The controller is now more precise than the 27 MHz models, the handling of the battery compartments has been improved, the antennas are thanks to the 2.4 GHz technology is no longer visible, there are status lights on the vehicle and on the FB - and most importantly, children have great fun with the vehicle. These are very clear 5 stars from me.