Originally posted by 2BAD4ALL
That's what I'm trying to get at. The older Tekin speedos are "nearly" bulletproof, but like you said not as smooth as the newer ones. That's what I like about them, that raw power and punch that you just don't find nowadays. I grew up in r/c using the older ones and I guess just got used to them. My G-9 (U10) is probably 9-10 years old and I'm sure it'll run another 10 years easily. Good luck with the new micro midget speedos. Later!
As I used Tekin back when I raced off-road (late 80's) and I have a Keyence now and have to say that I'm running 540 stock class (on-road) and "raw power and punch" isn't that good.
But then again it's been a while and such raw power would always look better in off-road compared to on-road where everthing is so low (hope that makes sense).
However I'm sure with all the adjustments available today that a new Esc could be made to perform just like any other Esc from back in the day.
Minimum drive power adjustment for example.