That's a really nice compilation of all the important points!

Great post Boy..

I thought about compiling since some of us apear to be terrible readers.. :p

Missed that little gem RE: Fet specs. :) Thanks to Brian for forcing the hand! Does that suggest the Pro ESC could be rated for 200A+ then (depending on the other components)?

Would explain the price diff on the R1 pro vs MM. Makes you wonder what the Pro could do itself, as the doubling of the Fets from the r1 to the Pro is suggested to be enough for the MT. Again, pushing 6S seems very possible on man brakes. Theoretically perhaps on the MM if the current could be kept low enough, as discounting other components like caps (ie not in real world in other words. I'll have to flip back to the MM fet thread on this.)

Its also going to be interesting to see how the market breaks for the ESCs. CC is aiming for the low end, while the Tekin will be higher end. Its going to be hard competition vs a low cost competitor, so long as both are going to be capable enough. Look @ walmart for example, low cost but lower quality (not that I would call the MM low quality in and absolute sense.)

TeamTekin is merely aiming for winning REAL races and Castle Creations wants to satisfy the basher a bit more than the racer.

What I really liked about tekin is that they said many times that they want to develop an esc and then push it to the limits, find a weak spot, modify it, push the thing to the limits again, find the weakest point again, modify it again and blah, blah,blah.....

They're very comparable to UE ( seeking absolute perfection, but it costs lots of money) and FLM ( building super tough parts for humble prices to satisfy the general RCers).

Maybe it was the problem of 5s and hi amps.
It may survive better with 5s on a lower amp motor.

You can't have it all, either compromise or pay the piper. I personally wouldn't mind paying the money, if it delivers everything we want

In my discussion with the guy at Tekin, all was looking ok, until i brought up the 120A spec from the pdf manual. That's when he said that they had revised the specs, but hadn't posted them yet. They are still working on it though. Unless I misunderstood him, he said that the R1 pro was not shipping yet, as they are still working bugs out.

Towerhobbies has them listed as "order pending".
It's like the president actually said in another forum that he won't release the esc until he makes sure that it's going to deliver what it is rated for.

any of you guys got more news?
thanks, mike.

http://www.teamtekin.com/manuals/R1Manual.pdf the manual is now online, I think that means we are getting close. :)

That's the manual that I quoted specs from when I called Tekin. I don't know how long it's been there, but at least since the day I posted last in this thread.

I'm waiting for the MT version.

Anyone notice that the R1Pro says it's rated for 5s lipo? I thought they said only the MT would get up to 5s.

The prez, said it would do 5s if you disabled the bec.

does the r1pro work with neu motor?

It should, the vid they show was a 6 pole, according the the prez