ESC braking causing spike?

[suicideneil]

^ That is why I stick to 5s lipo, and pump my brakes to slow down, rather than stomping on them quite hard. Works for me, and I have the old V1 MMM that is 'a bit flakey' to say the least

[zeropointbug]

Agreed. The biggest difference you can make, and easiest, way to reduce braking spikes is to just go easy on the brakes, slamming on the brakes is not good for anything, ESC, motor, drivetrain, driveshafts, hubs, etc. I am personally running a Quark Monster at it's limits of 6s LiPo for the last 2 years now with a modified cap bank added directly onto the PCB power input, the controller is known to be weak when running 6s, but I have been running hard for the lat 2 years now with no problems, both racing and bashing. Check sig. down below.