Brushless Losi 8ight

[glassdoctor]

I would think 4 shoes would help the clutch grab better... but also, you can add weight to the shoes. That's one of the tuning options for nitros, either drilling out some material to lighten them or adding something to make them heavier. I've never done it myself so I could only guess how it's supossed to be done. A nitro guy could tell you...

Does the car nosedive if you hold the throttle steady over the jump? If you are hitting a jump full throttle then try to only back off to like half throttle in the air... never let off all the way... and you should be fine. It should fly pretty level without extreme throttle inputs.

As for the brakes, you might want to check out the "building losi eight" thread at rctech.com forums... there is a lot of talk about the brake servos dying in the 8ight. You also mentioned using a smaller servo fo rthe brakes..... don't do that. You want a good strong servo there.