Brakes locking up

[mamba max1]

Hey guys,



I have an E-Revo running 6s, MMM esc, and the castle 1518 1Y 1800kv motor. When I drove the setup for the first time, the brakes were waaay too touchy. Any brake input would cause the truck to flip forwards on the ground. I thought no big deal, I'll just adjust them on castle link. Well after experimenting with several brake settings, they are now set to 0%. Unfortunately, they are still plenty strong enough to cause the truck to flip with very very little brake input.


Any ideas on what I can/should do?


Thanks!

[vader2728]

Maybe change the brake curve to ramp up more slowly?

[Arct1k]

Re_load the firmware and reset the end points on tx and recalibrate esc

[suicideneil]

Make sure the throttle is set for 'forwards-brake-reverse w/lockout'. Kinda sounds like you have it in 'forwards-brake-reverse without delay' mode that sends it into reverse before its even come to a complete stop..

[E-Revonut]

Something is def wrong! If brakes are set to 0 then you wouldn't stop at all, that's the setting people use when running mechanical brakes on a 1/8 conversion. Are you sure your adjusting the brake strength and not the drag brakes? Otherwise I would agree that reloading the firmware is your best option and second is the reverse lockout

[mamba max1]

I have tried adjusting the brake curve without any success.

I'll try re-loading the firmware and re-calibrating it. I'll also check and see what kind of reverse I'm using. Thanks for the help!

[revo guy]

when you give the truck throttle to move foreward does the green light on the esc flash? If the red one flashes reverse your throttle trim and swap any 2 motor wires

[mamba max1]

Well, I figured the problem out. Quite silly of me actually. I had the brakes/reverse set on the crawler mode. This explains the harsh brakes, the truck would just go straight into reverse. I never realized that it was going into reverse because by the time I tried to brake, the truck was busy flipping end over end.


Thanks for the help!