How are the Rx8 & T8's holding up?

[bryan]

I was running a castle 2200. In my 8t 2.0.yeah way too fast and way too much torque. I even run mikes slipperential,still a gear muncher.i now run the 1700 tekin,and yes we can get along w/mmm on 5s 15/46.couldnt be happier, other than i could land back flips with the 2200.

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by bryan

I was running a castle 2200. In my 8t 2.0.yeah way too fast and way too much torque. I even run mikes slipperential,still a gear muncher.i now run the 1700 tekin,and yes we can get along w/mmm on 5s 15/46.couldnt be happier, other than i could land back flips with the 2200.

I have mine in a buggy on 4s... cant get the thing to cool off.

running 60 percent punch/current limiter. 0 timing.. if I wanted to I could make this thing eat gears..... saving that for my local tracks big jump competition at in november

[bryan]

When i was running the 2200kv i couldnt keep anything cool i tried gearing ,timing,punch control, throttle curve,4s,5s,and the list could go on.bottom line i sold it on ebay bought the tekin system and am now selling the tekin esc. On ebay "ends tonight".my mmm has been faithfull to me. And i am very happy w/my current setup.

[Jagemon]

Just a quick Q.

Do I get some notification from Tekin Support when my ESC have arrived to their repair department or anything? I really don't want to lose the ESC somewhere in the world and the support wont answer atm.

"Gone racing.."

[TekinTeamMgr]

No, we don't generally tell you we recieved it. Hopefully you sent it with some sort of tracking ability, that will tell you if it was received.

[kalbien]

I have to cheer this a little. I've changed my setup a little and riding style as well... here is what I run
2000kv tekin rx8 combo - third rotor in it, holding fine
5s 3300mah hyperion VX batteries
mike's slipperential with 14tooth pinion

I've changed timing to 0 and played around with throttle profile on my DX3R to give it less throttle in start and more when running fast.

I've also changed my driving style for way more smooth control over car and over throttle - since aggresive full throttle means total hell geared like this. Result:

I won 30min main among nitros, changing batteries twice. Compared to second guy who was only refueling twice too (but it took him 5 seconds, while it took me 40) this is HUGE success. Plan was to have 5000neu battery for first 14minutes, than 3300hyperion for 9 and another 3300 hyperion for rest. But after some jump that fat 5000 jumped out from car in 5.5 minutes and I have to make 13minutes on 3300mah 5s lipo while racing. So I have to smooth my driving as much as possible and I did that. Twice. Right after 30min motor was on 77celsius (170F) and ESC was running two diodes (I have novak cooling fan on it and it works great).

I know this sounds strange to be happy that my combo survived 30min main.. but reading it here and also seeing my friends going home without any racing at all, I feel it like success.

[hubbaman]

Ok, enough is enough,had a 2nd V2 rotor seperate,did'nt even get 5 minutes out of this one,had the tekin gear for just under 2 months,gone thru 2 rotors,and have'nt even got on a race track with the thing yet,totally unacceptable,i want my money back!

[Marvin]

Seriously?!? Where were you using it? Have you changed anything since last time?

Oh, and Rich has got some I-Beams in for you at the shop, do you want me to pick them up tomorrow?

[hubbaman]

Originally Posted by Marvin

Seriously?!? Where were you using it? Have you changed anything since last time?

Oh, and Rich has got some I-Beams in for you at the shop, do you want me to pick them up tomorrow?

Watcha Si,yeah can't believe the new rotors gone the same as the other one,had enough of it now,say cheers to Rich for me,but got a deal on some I-beams from J E Spares.

Apart from my esc karking it with a few hard/flat landings, my tekin motor has survived very well and runs pretty cool @ around 110f...

Are you guys running direct drive? Just a thought, but maybe these motors may not like the direct drive with the extra stress it may bring? I am running the tekno clutch in my rc8 (2000kv combo - previously a 2650kv buggy motor on 4S - the 2650 only got about an hour all up, if that), and am yet to come across any problems yet, with around 3 hours drive time so far...


i am sure tekin will solve this, and actually prefer the tekin setup to the MMM - it'll just take some time unfortunately...

[hubbaman]

I have no doubt Tekin will get it sorted,in the meantime i have laid out a lot of money,for a truggy that i cannot race because of a quality issue that should have been sorted long before now.I know Tekin are sending out replacements foc,but when the replacements are failling in under the time it would take to do a qualifying run,thats a waste of a complete race day.Maybe Tekin should see how the Neu rotors are constructed,can't remember ever hearing one of them failling.

[kalbien]

well last time I was happy... sort of "be happy while it last"

my rotor again separated.. that is third rotor of new design failed..

and now tell me, what are the chances of actually getting money back? anybody did try it? I quite like the ESC, but motor is just unnaceptable. Any tips / thoughs / solutions?

i agree - clearly not the best outcome to have - but are you guys running direct drive setups? =)

[kalbien]

Originally Posted by danhfvcsd

i agree - clearly not the best outcome to have - but are you guys running direct drive setups? =)

well slipperential... I invested into it not because of driving and handling I wasn't that skilled to even tell the difference before.. I invested to save my motors/rotors... without slipperential rotor will last even less I guess...

[hubbaman]

Originally Posted by danhfvcsd

i agree - clearly not the best outcome to have - but are you guys running direct drive setups? =)

Yep,direct drive,but with mechanical brakes,i am going to give the clutch system a go,but if the Tekin rotor fails again !!!!!!