Some news from the FEMCA 2012 All Asia Championship that took place last month in Thailand… Tekno RC driver John Ho had just received his brand new EB48 a couple days before the event. It went together smoothly but there wasn’t much time to tune and tweak things before the race. The venue was the …
The new Tekno RC EB48 1/8th Electric Buggy proved its durability this weekend in a big way. The MBRC 10 Hour endurance race took place in Meux (Namur) Belgium. 10 teams would take the track for 10 hours and the EB48 would finish 12 laps ahead of 2nd place. Rain turned the 1000ft+ (330m) track …
Here is a more formal version of the instruction revisions. It is also available under the ‘Information’->’Instruction Manuals’ link from our homepage. Please print it out and follow the info within. This information will be included in the next production run. Contact us with any questions. Thanks. https://www.teknorc.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/EB48instructions_addendum.pdf
Hello, Just a quick note to let you know about something we’ve come across during assembly of the differentials on the EB48 buggy. The kit includes some small shims for adjusting the internal diff gear mesh. The instruction manual shows one small shim (TKR5146) behind each spider (small) gear. Due to manufacturing tolerances and variance …
Austin Blair is overall TQ in 1/8th E Buggy @ the 2012 HotRod Hobbies Shootout with his new Tekno RC EB48. Lucas Sanford is Q3, also an EB48. Let’s bring it home guys!!
Austin Blair received his production kit and Jesse Stark has taken some awesome pics of the machine. Take a look. http://www.norcalhobbies.com/content.php?375-Exclusive-look-Austin-Blair-s-production-Tekno-EB48-kit
We’ve seen a lot of discussion about single pack layouts vs. dual pack layouts. We researched both and concluded without any doubt that a single pack provides the best path to a perfectly balanced vehicle. Dual Pack Layout: Yes, the batteries on a dual pack layout are balanced, but only with each other. Up front …
Just a little post and a couple pictures of our ‘First Look’ photo shoot from yesterday with Stephen Bess from RC Car Action. Dana, the owner of Revelation Raceway was kind enough to give us some exclusive time on the track for the shoot. We set out from San Diego around 11 in the morning …
When we set out to design the ultimate electric 1/8th buggy, we knew the layout had to be compact, efficient, and effective. Having designed and manufactured dozens of chassis for other manufacturer’s vehicles, we were in a good position to exploit all that we had learned and focus it into a new platform. In 2007 …
Designing a whole car is a daunting task. But taken one part at a time, it’s not much different than our other aftermarket products. The big difference is the fact that it’s a clean slate, a blank page. You aren’t locked in to anything yet so you can do whatever you want. But you still …