Traxxas Jato BL Conversion

[NHDesign]

Thanks Mike, I received the engine & battery's all in one piece!

I just have a few questions now about the set up.

Since I am keeping the 2 speed and mechanical brake, i believe the wires from the brake join up with those from the engine to the esc? How does the esc know when to apply the mechanical brake?

On the battery there are the two wires that run to the esc, but there are also some smaller thinner wires with a white connector, what are they for? A fan? or something totally different?

[Purplefade]

Originally Posted by NHDesign

Thanks Mike, I received the engine & battery's all in one piece!

I just have a few questions now about the set up.

Since I am keeping the 2 speed and mechanical brake, i believe the wires from the brake join up with those from the engine to the esc? How does the esc know when to apply the mechanical brake?

On the battery there are the two wires that run to the esc, but there are also some smaller thinner wires with a white connector, what are they for? A fan? or something totally different?

Not to jump in, lol, I'm sure Mike will get back to you also, but was on line and figured I'd post it :) You keep the mechnical brakes by using a "Y" connector to attach the ESC and brake servo to the receiver. Simply connect the "Y" to the throttle brake slot in your reciver then plug the ESC lead into one and the servo into the other (hope that made since). You'll need to set your ESC for forward only, what will happen is when you apply the brakes the ESC will do "nothing", but the reciver will still operate the brake servo as if it were normal, applying the brakes and allowing the motor and ESC to "free-wheel" in a since. Works great and is what most of us do when converting our savages, maxxs, etc, etc. As for the white connectors on the batts, those are for a cell balancer. If your using li-pos (and you want to take good care of them), you'll want to pick up a decent balancer. Check with Mike, I know he'll have some recommendations.

Best of luck with that Jato and post up some pics when your done, would love to see it!!