Hoese37

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Youd use the servo to engage the brakes on the car rather than the motor stalling to apply the brakes. Using the motor to apply brakes can pull huge amp loads, the servo doesnt pull many at all. When you push back on the trigger, the motor just freewheels.

taztal3

iTrader: (29)

I love mech brake my rc8 with v3 kit but I want to put mech brake on rc8t v4 kit and I want to know what good servo for mech brake ?

LRPO

iTrader: (4)

+100 I love my V4 kit on my 2.0. Its balanced better and i get way less heat. Plus i'm not into the hobby to beat the crap out of my electric motors.

yep

honestly when I was bulding my 8t 2.0 V4 kit; i happened to have an old spare Traxxas 2075 laying around. I have been amazed how well this servo has been doing....it has plenty of torque and u can get them for cheap...i have seen them for as low as $27

asc6000

iTrader: (15)

how many A-main pros run mechanical ?

mulepic

iTrader: (21)

How many pros have to stretch their hobby budget? Motors/ESC don't last very long if you're constantly running that at max temp.

hoonigantoo

it was a legitimate question.
guys come up with ideas, or think it "sounds" like the best idea ever, but those ideas seldom transition to the track or making the A-main.

many have this idea that the pros have a unlimited quantity of ESCs for them to burn up as they please, and that's just not the case. if they're burning them up, they're going to get questioned by the manufacturers like anyone else.

the other thing most of us weekend warriors don't realize is that pros probably run, including practice, 10-15 times (or more) than we do.
so if they we're burning up ESCs just from running, then it makes sense they'd be using mechanical brakes if it made any sense.
since they're not, it kinda shoots your theories full of holes.