Wildcat-Now thats funny .lol.........

Was there a change or up date in the way the wire post attach to circuit board, beefed up or supported better

have had and seen several break at the board at local track

They're fairly long soldering posts. Make sure when you wire your electronics up that you leave plenty of flex space for the wires to absorb impacts and such, rather than forcing the posts to take all the energy of motion.

+1 and don't stay more than 4/5 seconds or so on the posts when soldering. Flux helps a lot. Posts are the weak spot on this speedo so it needs all the care you can think of. Another thing is not to push too harsh on the posts when you solder your wire, just let the heat melt the solder by contact. I might sound like a paranoid but generally you only solder your ESC once so rather do it well

Tower shows these in stock early May. Any idea exactly when that might be??

Amain updated to 5/10 today so keep your fingers crossed and your paypal ready.

stormer told me 2 weeks... GRRRRR mines pre ordered.

Hideeho
One of the guys at the track turned his rx8 into a bonfire last week. It was quite impressive with a foot tall flame burning through his body. Nothing else seemed to be damaged (he pulled another rx8 out of another vehicle & ran the same motor, receiver & lipo with no problems). After the drama was over, to conversation turned to tekins wonderful customer service & whether or not he would get a gen 2 back or a gen 1.

So, if he sends it in, maybe under warranty, maybe not, I don't recall how long it had been since he bought it, will he get a gen 2 or a gen 1 as a replacement?

OK I couldn't take the wait anymore.... I pre-ordered 2 of these from tower. One for buggy and truggy

my guess would be a gen1

My friend had his RX8 in for service starting a few months ago and just recently got it back. It was a black case with black heatsink... not sure what to make of it lol. Gen2 inside a black case? Gen1 with black heatsink?? Maybe i'll see if he'll let me hook it up to my hotwire.

Is that turnaround time normal?

wouldn't be surprised it has the benefits of whatever they have done (assuming something was done) to up the durability, but still be a Gen1.

I thought I read earlier in this thread that the red heatsinks were phased out recently so the black heatsink has become standard now. I don't think the color of the heatsink means anything as far as whats inside his ESC

Good news about that. We were able to lower the price as we narrow in a ship date. All backorders at Stormer Hobbies, were changed to the new lower price.

How are you liking that Flysky ans how would you compare it against the others running Specs Futabas around you?