Tekin RX8 first impression
 

Received my RX8 combo today and my first impression after looking at it closely were good. I got the 1550kv 4038 motor and it looks nice in person. However upon closer inspection I noticed a dimple in between the fins. It seems to have happend during machining of the motor can. The ESC case has a nearly perfect fit and held well together with two different lenght screws. Yea I opened it to see what it's made out off. I got nude shots if anyone is interested. I added additional caps with transorbs.
Anyways, I plugged the sucker up and hooked it up in my GTP with a 6L hacker on 6s1p A123. Just testing it on my garage floor was impressive. I see blown diffs once again in my near future. I'm using default settings for now. I'll write a whole review later on.

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Another test run completed. Brake are impressive in this ESC. Well controlled "antilock" brakes.

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whats mean exactly?? ....

I love my RX8/2050 combo... The brakes are so strong and slow the car progresivly. Like it has ABS. Power is off the hook! All fully adjustable !AA++ Thanks Tekin!

Of course we want to see the insides! Well, at least I do...

The brakes are BaddA$$$$$$$$. I don't need no stinkin' sensor cable with the 2 pole Hacker either. Both my diffs in the GTP are gonners again.

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I got excited with this teaser pic...:party::whistle:


Looks like a good esc tho!, I just don't like the solder posts.

Teaser pic huh... You want to see the whole hand don't you, nitrofluffer....:lol:

Keep your pants on sicko.

HAHAHA! Yep I was looking for the whole hand here...


I had the chance to check out the Tekin motor at the LHS. I have to say, it feels and rolls smoother like a 2-pole motor. Its not jerky like real Neu's or 6-pole Aquacraft motors. I'm not sure if that a good or bad thing.

That's the most beautiful thing........ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! More!

I haven't used the Tekin motor as I have no use for it. I did spin the motor shaft by hand and it kinda felt like the Tekno motors. But I like rpm's, so I stuff the Hacker in there instead.

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What, you want to see my whole hand too??:lol:

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ive just race my e-revo today,,,wow,,,,in 16 min esc never pass 96f and motor 138f geared 21/68 on 6 cell lipo:party:so me too ive tryed to opened the rx8 case but i was to scared to broke something..i just pull a little bit the lit and shoot a gentle compressed air:yes:...just want to know if open the case could void the warrenty or reset the fan temp sensor????

i just noticed that the fan begin to spin at 2 led on the unit...

Why buy the combo if you don't need/want the motor?