Tekin Clinic: Radio Calibration

Calibrating the ESC to your radio is a 100% necessary procedure! This ensures that you are getting full throttle and full brake/reverse when using your ESC. Improper calibration can lead to some odd behavior and can prevent settings like Drag Brake and Turbo from working properly. You should radio calibrate anytime you:

  1. First install a new Tekin ESC.
  2. Flash the firmware in the ESC.
  3. Replace a receiver.
  4. Change a radio or set to a different model on the radio.

If you see any error codes, be sure to check out our codes page:
http://www.teamtekin.com/esc_codes.html

If you are having trouble getting your ESC to calibrate, please contact us!
http://www.teamtekin.com/contact.html

Tekin Builds EP.6 – Vanquish VS4-10 Trail Run

Putting some miles and beauty marks on the VS4-10! It was sunny and cold over the weekend (40F cold) and windy, but that didn’t stop me from taking the VS4-10 out on my home trail and running some semi-comp lines. I made some small changes since the maiden voyage, which were going up 10wt in rear shock oil and gearing down from a 13T to a 10T pinion. The change in shock oil was just to slow down the rear shock compression/rebound a bit which made the truck even more stable in the real tricky terrain. Gearing down 3T on the pinion gave me even more smooth low-end control, which is always welcome. I try to drive as smooth as possible and keep the movement scale. I did lose a little wheel speed, but 4S and a 2300kV provides plenty of snap when I need it!