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Jan. 19, 2015, 4:25 p.m.
1/19/2015
By Aaron Waldron
LiveRC.com
Over the past weekend I headed down south to Tekno Headquarters in San Diego. 4 *Mostly full days of testing and practicing were on tap as well as a series race. Day one was was an indoor test session at SDRC. There we tested with our 1/8th E-buggies and SC trucks. We also got a couple packs on the E-buggy light car Tekno had built up. After a full day of practice 10am – 11pm we called it a successful day. The biggest surprise for me on the day was trying E-buggy light for the first time. This class is awesome! I hope to get one soon and start racing it. It’s so much fun and I hope it’s a class that can really catch on and do well.
SC and E-buggy testing at SDRC
Day two we headed north and east to Revelation for some practice for the Saturday race. I chose to run 4 classes, with primary focus being on the buggies. We did a number of set-up changes for the track from the previous tracks we had been to with the cars. Biggest thing we changed in the buggies was trying the overdrive out. We put in the truggy rear ring/pinion in the buggies and on this loose track it really helped the cars out. Seemed to help in the bumps and in cornering for the loose conditions.
Revelation Raceway
On Saturday we were back at it at Rev for the Airtronics Winternationals. I would go on to TQ and Win all 3 classes with my fastest lap times actually coming in Nitro Buggy! My cars were pretty dialed and in Nitro buggy I was more than a second faster than the field! Pretty happy with my Tekno rides.
Trifecta for Tekno!
On Sunday it was back to San Diego. We began the day with some relaxation on the Beach, taking Joe to see the Pacific for the first time.
Then we got to Chula Vista at Heritage RC Park for some more testing. We had some new parts to test and did all of our testing with the EB48.2. We started with our set-up from Rev with the overdrive in it. Heritage was very high traction so a great opportunity to see the difference of this set-up on low and high grip. On high grip it was very hard to drive. Not smooth through corners at all. Front overpowering the rear constantly as to be expected. Dropped in the stock gearing and all was better for the conditions. We did lots of tests throughout the day and by the end of the evening our cars were felling really good. We hope the conditions are similar to what we will see at Nitro Challenge and we feel we have a great shot! So excited for some big 2015 events!
Heritage RC Park
So far with Tekno I have entered 12 classes worth of races. I have won 10 of them and got 3rd in the other two. The results have been spectacular so far and I hope to keep it going!
Next up i’m heading with Matt to January Jam in Flowood, Mississippi this upcoming weekend. I think I’m going to be crazy and run 5 classes. We will see!
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