retaining mech brakes in 1/8 buggy conversions

[Sedri]

No argument here about the power and nice progressive action of emf braking; now that I've switched to emf braking, I really love the unanticipated side benefits, such as being able to adjust the brakes even while I'm driving - like GlassDoctor pointed out, you can "dial in" braking power just by adjusting the "brake end point" on the transmitter, nice!

While I was running the mechanical brakes, though, I immediately pulled the factory steel single disk setup (with the "pads" glued to the calipers, yuck) which had basically burnt up during the first day, and replaced it all with a dual fiberglass disc setup - that had my car screaming to a halt when I needed serious braking!