Tekno RC Joins the Club

[suicideneil]

Im interested to see what motors they come out with too. As for the silver thing- greased lightning should have the desired effect :D

[squeeforever]

Personally, I'll probably be buying it. I LOVE that kit for some reason. The motor mount seems REALLY nice and the battery tray is a nice design as well, which the multiple slots for different batteries, etc. I already have Mikes motor mount, though.

[crazyjr]

I understand the skepticism, involving the clutch, but thats where this conversion helps newbs. I got friends who love my G2R, but don't want to drop 500 in their rigs and give up the center diff. Besides, i miss this portion of the hobby, innovation is sorely missed in my mind. since the BJ4 in 4wd and the T2 Xray, in touring there is not a lot of innovation in RC lately. I really like to see a big player take chances on something.

i think this kit is cool, and with a nitro clutch it should allow the mm to support more motors, i really miss my first version and this is similar, but not ready to give up the g3r chassis i have like 10 runs on , but maybe will start a new project!!!!

[squeeforever]

I think the clutchbell might atually help. It will allow more adjustment for one.

[rc10mike]

Looks like a 1515 type may have issues hitting the a-arm.

[Finnster]

The mount looks nice, but it looks like it is set back in order to make clearance for the clutchbell adapter. I don't think it would work w/ std mod1 pinions.

Otherwise I like the kit. The esc mount looks most promising to me, tho I would worry abit about its exposure to top side damage. For my conversion, Being able to use the entire L side for a batt tray would be nice. Lay down the batts more for lower cg and balance tweeking. The MGM I now have on that side is 80mm long! :P

The clutchbell adapater does look interesting for other conversions tho. Is it the LST that has the two spd CB/spur? Maybe on some truggies too to give some sort of slip. However it does require the use of manual brakes, so its def a tradeoff.

Cool tho, I hope it encourages more conversions and peopke over to the BL side.

[BrianG]

At first glance it looks very nice. I do have a problem with the mesh adjustment though. The stock Nitro motor sits a bit under the spur gear, so the angled up/down adjustment of the stock setup works well. However, the Techno mount makes the pinion sit to the side of the spur. The stock mesh adjustment will still work, but won't have the adjustment range that Mike's mount does by far.

The 5mm shaft requirement is not a real limitation because you can get bore adaptors. The new bore reducer line-up Mike has are really nice and strong.

The battery tray is nice though, but should be 6061 IMO simply for strength.

[riceman]

I wanted to put this up when I initially posted but had to make sure to get the okay from Tekno

The owner of Tekno was running at a local club race last weekend and I was able to get some video of his Revo running in the truggy class. My favorite part is where the nitro guys are starting and fueling up and the BL Revo is just sitting on the starting grid well, that and also where the truggy guys crumble under the pressure of getting chased down by a REVO!

Originally Posted by Serum

erh.. They can't have enough testing time on that one! a neu 2.5d on a mamba maxx? they would be the first who run that setup succesfull

As for testing time with the Mamba Max / Neu configuration here is another clip I put together and posted up on Youtube in May - over five months ago.

Originally Posted by rc10mike

Looks like a 1515 type may have issues hitting the a-arm.

He has the 1515 in there now and there are no issues with the a-arms. At maximum travel the a-arm does not hit the motor.

Originally Posted by BrianG

At first glance it looks very nice. I do have a problem with the mesh adjustment though. The stock Nitro motor sits a bit under the spur gear, so the angled up/down adjustment of the stock setup works well. However, the Techno mount makes the pinion sit to the side of the spur. The stock mesh adjustment will still work, but won't have the adjustment range that Mike's mount does by far.

The 5mm shaft requirement is not a real limitation because you can get bore adaptors. The new bore reducer line-up Mike has are really nice and strong.

The battery tray is nice though, but should be 6061 IMO simply for strength.

Not sure about the mesh issue but he has run different size Traxxas spurs and CBs. So it will accommodate those for sure. As for the battery tray I believe they considered aluminum but went with plastic to reduce weight and keep cost down. The plastic used is plenty durable. He's running a 3S 2P 8000 Maxamps pack in those videos. Almost half a year of testing and the prototype has not broken.

Wonder how the weight/balance will be with this kit...many of the Revo guys say the Revo could use as much weight moved forward as possible, this kit looks like it puts much of the heavy parts too far back...just curious...I'm not a Revo guy...yet...

DM

[suicideneil]

Thats rather odd- the 2nd video that riceman posted there was also posted backalong, only it was said to be a topsecret video of Traxxas' E-revo they were supposedly developing. Whatever.....

[riceman]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Thats rather odd- the 2nd video that riceman posted there was also posted backalong, only it was said to be a topsecret video of Traxxas' E-revo they were supposedly developing. Whatever.....

I hadn't heard that one. Can you post a link to that?

I'm just curious how these rumors start. I shot both of those videos out here in San Diego CA where Tekno is based and does much of their R&D testing at the local club tracks. Check out the distinct orange body and yellow wing of the car in both videos. It's the same vehicle.

[Matthew_Armeni]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Thats rather odd- the 2nd video that riceman posted there was also posted backalong, only it was said to be a topsecret video of Traxxas' E-revo they were supposedly developing. Whatever.....

Well maybe someone thought thats what it was and then told everyone thus starting a rumor, but it was most definitely Tekno doing their testing at Palomar (the older video). I race at Palomar and have seen that truck pass me many times

[Serum]

As for testing time with the Mamba Max / Neu configuration here is another clip I put together and posted up on Youtube in May - over five months ago.

Yeah, i waved that off with my seccond post; it's probably solved with a clutch.

That's basicly the only part i don't like about this conversion; the clutch is useless on a brushless car. since a brushless motor (or brushed motors as known for rc-vehicles) have got torque from 0 rpm, it's only adding another wearing part. Instead of replacing brushes, you can stock up on springs and other clutch parts.

I love their layout, but with this clutch it's missing the big picture.

[GriffinRU]

Originally Posted by Serum

I love their layout, but with this clutch it's missing the big picture.

Exactly my point of view.

I do like their swaybar system (reminds me Dafni's alot).