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BrianG · **Idea for Castle... -** 03.25.2012, 10:08 PM

Maybe in some future ESC, would it be possible to add a brake servo output? Some people like to run mechanical brakes, but then you lose reverse unless you do some funky transmitter setup. Also, using mechanical brakes is better for the ESC since it doesn't have to deal with reverse EMF spikes.

I figure since the ESC obviously "knows" when to brake vs reverse, it could send the brake signal to a servo output, which would always be active no matter if the motor brakes were disabled or not. Shouldn't take that much work to implement and would be something that no other ESC offers (to my knowledge).

Anyway, just an idea...

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	Idea for Castle... - 03.25.2012, 10:08 PM Maybe in some future ESC, would it be possible to add a brake servo output? Some people like to run mechanical brakes, but then you lose reverse unless you do some funky transmitter setup. Also, using mechanical brakes is better for the ESC since it doesn't have to deal with reverse EMF spikes. I figure since the ESC obviously "knows" when to brake vs reverse, it could send the brake signal to a servo output, which would always be active no matter if the motor brakes were disabled or not. Shouldn't take that much work to implement and would be something that no other ESC offers (to my knowledge). Anyway, just an idea...