Tekin releases V280 Eliminator Drag Racing firmware for GEN3 ESCs
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Tekin
SNU fit: 22/100
This is drag racing ESC firmware for an on-road/drag application from Tekin, a brand never featured on the show. It's genuinely new (specific version/firmware release with clear feature additions), so it clears the novelty gate, but it falls well outside the show's core scale/crawler focus and doesn't fit the major-brand-kit category since it's firmware, not a kit. Drag racing electronics tuning software is a niche fit at best — closer to motor/esc category but for a surface type (drag) rarely c
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Tekin
Aug 3, 2026
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Tekin releases V280 Eliminator Drag Racing firmware for GEN3 ESCs
Tekin's HotWire 15.25.6 update introduces V280 Eliminator Drag Racing firmware for GEN3 ESCs, adding Launch Power, Power Delay, and Launch Boost tuning features, plus enhanced data logging with PWM and Battery monitoring parameters.
product_line: GEN3 ESC / V280 Eliminator Drag Firmware