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Any update on Tekin sensored motors for the M8?

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GrimReminder

To be honest I'm not expecting to see anything until spring if were lucky, If not summer!

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ouch, I'll keep the stock motor then

Fajita Dave

I would definitely be buying a sensored brushless motor for my XRay M18 if you made one! A smoother throttle application is extremely important with the racing that we do. After some of us tried brushless most went back to brushed using the Tekin B1 speed control (which has one issue in particular for us but we've worked around it).

For our 1/18 scale racing we need:
--Most importantly smooth throttle control
--Adjustable brake power
--No delayed reverse once the car stops (reverse like the Novak Spy was for brushed)
--The speed control needs to be as small as possible (Tekin B1 size is ok but slightly smaller would be nice).

Other "wants" would be single cell compatible. Right now we're running 2 cell li-po and turning the throttle end points down to control the top speed.

I've been running a Mamba 25 and sidewinder setup but the speed control firmware kind of sucks for our purposes. The biggest issue is it jumps straight to 25% throttle as soon as the trigger is pulled, then you have a blank spot until you reach 25% on the trigger and then it starts speeding up. I've had to start the throttle graph at 25% to eliminate that blank spot but it doesn't fix that main problem. The Mamba 25 DID NOT have this issue until I updated the firmware. It used to be perfect from 0% to 100%.

With scale width lanes and wheel to wheel racing any little issue with the car ruins the close racing. Smooth throttle control, braking, and an accurate steering servo are very important to us.

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GrimReminder

Any new updates on these motors? It sure is taking a long time to get these out...what's the deal?

Bigpopa

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@ Lucid most of the guys on here are just bashers and dont care about smooth I personally think they bought the wrong car if the just want to do speed runs thats just me. .......................

GrimReminder

What do you mean? There are just as many guys here that race there mini 8ight as there are bashers. Well ok there is most likely more bashers than racers, but mini 8ight classes are popping up all over the place. This is most likely the most popular mini out right now withe the merv very close behind.

rustlererad3

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+1 this buggy is super popular

Jstall7543

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A mini pro 4 would be really cool! I'm open for testing on indoor clay if you guys want to send me a sample. Hehee! I'll video the runs for ya. Maybe shrink a rs esc. Most importantly make it affordable. I prefer the kv and power of the stock motor, heat is hard to control even at 4500kv on indoor clay.

Bigpopa

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Oh I hear ya Grim I love my Mini8 and yes the classes are finally starting to pop up all over .......We have to call everyone that we know here in Denver on race nights to see if everyone is going to show so we have a class still but it is getting better.

rustlererad3

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its gonna consistently grow and if losi is really releasing a dedicate mini 8ight truggy the class will grow even more

GrimReminder

[email protected] are those damn motors that you told us about beck in October of last year lol. Are we gonna see them this summer or what? Some updates would be nice...

bigb11

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Ty, there is a need for a sensored motor with a sensor wire that can be unattached.

colin222

matching esc would be nice and i am interested also in this but doing this at this stage also really amazing.........