RC8 Brushless

[Sparky]

I have reinstalled the old mechanical brakes back on the front. I have test driven it around on the street. It's awesome. The MGM controller is not consistant in braking. That is why I went back to the mechanical brakes on front. It also gives me braking bias. The back is controled from the ESC. I'm also installing a smaller motor Neu 1509/1.5Y. It's too fast @ 22.2 volt. The smaller motor will be lighter and just as fast as this one at 14 volts. I will post a new picture soon. I will let you know how it turns out.

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by Sparky

I have reinstalled the old mechanical breaks back on the front. I have test driven it around on the street. It's awesome. The MGM controller is not consistant in braking. That is why I went back to the mechanical breaks on front. It also gives me braking bis. The back is controled from the ESC. I'm also installing a smaller motor Neu 1509/1.5Y. It's too fast @ 22.2 volt. The smaller motor will be lighter and just as fast as this one at 14 volts. I will post a new picture soon. I will let you know how it turns out.

Huh? How do you figure that your motor brakes only control the rear wheels of the vehicle?

[Sparky]

Ok, maybe I wasn’t clear. The ESC brakes both front and rear. I set the ESC to light breaking. Then you can put more braking on the front with the servo mechanical brake. That gives you braking bias front vs. back.

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by Sparky

Ok, maybe I wasn’t clear. The ESC breaks both front and rear. I set the ESC to light breaking. Then you can put more breaking on the front with the servo mechanical break. That gives you breaking bias front vs. back.

Ah, I understand now.

[Sparky]

Here is a photo of the front brakes that I installed.
I used a Futaba S3155 Digital HS Slim Servo.
So far it's working great.You must have brake mixing on your radio.
I would have installed the rear also, but the brake disk and the motor hit each other.