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Ryu James,
I also wanted to commend you on the work you've done on your RC8T. It looks very nice.

I took a look at your other pics and since we're discussing brakes I thought I throw out my 2 cents. I see you are using a full size servo for both front and rear brakes and was wondering if you have considered using a hybrid configuration of both motor brakes and mechanical brakes.

I have installed a mini servo (such as the crt.5 servo) to only activate the rear mechanical brakes while utilizing minimal motor braking power for brake bias. I've found that using rear mech brakes along with ~10% to 15% motor brakes provides a very nice bias. Small steps in motor brake power is all you need to find the right amount of bias. This configuration also reduces the amount of power needed from a brake servo so you will not need such a large/heavy servo. The size and weight savings of this setup may be something to consider in the future.