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June 4, 2008

Team Tekin 3400 Lipo Power Cell

Team Tekin have announced the release of their Power Cell, a 3400mAh 7.4V 23C LiPo pack. Suitable for use in most touring cars and other non saddle pack configured cars, further details are sparse, but it is supplied in a protective hard case and has top mounted connection points and balancer port. UPDATE. According to Tekin president Jim Campbell, this pack is already ROAR legal and there will different versions and sizes coming out in the future.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

April 1, 2008

Tekin Redline Sensored BL motors

Tekin will soon release their Redline Series brushless motors, a new breed of BL motors specifically engineered to operate at the intersection of power and efficiency. No single motor can live up to that expectation under all conditions and so they have designed a series of motors, each one targeting peak performance for a particular application. Everything is covered, from on road touring to off-road buggies and trucks to oval classes, these new motors aim to deliver competition performance.

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March 10, 2008

Tekin HotWire ESC/PC Interface

Tekin Hot Wire ESC/PC Interface

Horizon Hobby are promoting the late March release of the the HotWire PC Interface from Tekin, a system that allows you to unlock the full potential of your speed control. Use the HotWire to connect your ESC to your PC or laptop and you can leverage the processing power of your computer to fine tune its performance characteristics. The HotWire also gives access to custom user settings that are not available through the Speed Control’s on-board interface and lets you network with other users to share tweaks, tuning tricks and entire track/condition specific profiles. Best of all the HotWire lets you download completely new software as it is developed and upload it to your Speed Control, giving you unrestricted access to upgrade to Tekin’s latest and newest performance mods.

Source: Horizon Hobby [horizonhobby.com]

March 7, 2008

Tekin RS Series Pro Sensored BL ESC

Tekin have announced their new RS brushless speed control series, the next generation in intelligent operating motor drive technology. Designed with nothing but performance in mind and made with the industry’s best components, the RS is said to deliver what racers require; reliability, precise control and unmatched power handling capability. Suitable for use with all motors, they features an on-board temperature indicator, high density copper FET boards and QuickTune one-touch programming. Available in 2 versions, the RS and RS Pro, the latter having no motor limit.

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July 11, 2007

Tekin B1 Series 1/18th scale Speedos

Tekin have announced that they will start shipping their new B1 Series speed controllers tomorrow, the 12th of July. Tekin’s B1 and B1-R bring exceptional brushed technology to 1/18th scale cars and trucks and are powerful enough to run any micro brushed motor available (up to 380 size). The B1 Series ESC’s can be used with NiCd, NiMH and Lipo batteries and feature an on-board temperature indicator while Lipo cutoffs bring extra safety and highly reliable operation. These mini controllers have a small footprint of less than 1″ square and come available in both Forward only (B1), as well as Forward and Reverse (B1-R).

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

May 13, 2007

Tekin R1 Pro brushless system

Tekin have shown a photo of their soon to be released new R1 Brushless System, which the company claims is the highest performance product they have ever released. A result of over 20 years of exhaustive research and development, the R1 is designed to propel 10th scale to a new level of performance, delivering blinding speed, intense power and precise control without sacrificing size and weight. The R1 comes as a stand alone ESC and as a complete system with a vareity of Tekin’s Redline brushless motors.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com]

November 13, 2006

Mike Dumas signs for Tekin

Mike Dumas

Ok, we caught this news a bit late but hadn’t really seen it anywhere else and thought it still pretty significant considering the level of racer that Mike Dumas is, so here it is. The American Xray racer has signed to race Tekin products and to help with product R&D and in his first run for his new sponsor, at the recent Halloween Classic, he TQ’d and won the Touring 19T class and then got 4th in Touring modified at the same event.

Mike Dumas one of the fastest mod drivers in Touring car has joined Team Tekin. Mike will add his talent as well as his R&D Skills in helping Tekin continue to develop new product for the RC Market.

Source: Tekin [teamtekin.com] via Big Squid RC [bigsquidrc.com]