I chose the 1.1EX for my 22-4 and its smooth as butter!

Hi guys/gals

Im having a braking problem with my SP reventon R. They are very very soft. Take a long time to stop. Im stumped here because ive read on here how good people like the brakes on these escs. Ive updated to the latest firmware and still have the same problem. Is there something im missing here? I can hold truck in hand, press brake and it just seems to take a long time to get it to stop? Im a bit confused, so any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you

Thanks for the story.... most people who know what they are doing, don't just fry an esc. Usually operator error is right up on the list of reasons why. I have had less problems with my SP setup than I ever did with Tekin... so you go find yourself a "solid company"then lol. I've been impressed with the quality and speed out of these systems from the start, so I don't think your bad experience doing god knows what to the thing, justifies it as "crap". Sounds like you are in the minority on this one.... chap.

I like the idea of a black esc better anyways. But the place I'm looking at getting the combo does everything together(esc/motor/program card) for the same price whether it's the EX or 1.1. So ESC's are functionally the same with the exception of the EX doing 1 cell. So i guess I'll be getting the EX for the benefit of 1 cell capability and the black color.

Thanks guys!

Have you gone in and adjusted the braking percentage? I have an R in my son's RB5 and it also coasted a bit but it was due to them being set to 15% (if memory serves me) which is not much. You'll need to use a program card to make changes though so look into that and see if it doesn't provide all the braking you desire.

I'd say start at 60% and go from there. Too much brake leads to easy spins because they are generally so powerful it causes the wheels to break traction. If you feel you have excellent control you can up it to as high as you prefer.

hi there...thanks for the reply! i have the program box and have the brakes set at 100%....it not even close to locking up the wheels. i dont get it.....only other thing i can think of is maybe its the motor? tekin redline 10.5 im stumped LOL

The information you provided is a bit telling that it's either one of 3 things…

1. Either something was shorting out OR the crappy Dean's Connector caused the short.

2. Since the car had smoked last time you ran it YOU should have taken precautions and checked to see what was causing the short and fixed it BEFORE choosing to run it again. The fact that it ran for a minute means the ESC was still functioning perfectly fine which is indicative that the ESC itself was perfectly fine.

3. Did you register your product with SP? If so you'd have an excellent warranty and they'd take care of the issue for you.



I bought 2 Reventon Pro ESC's and one worked perfectly fine and the other had a glitch in it and it would only kick in if you banged the car, thereby prompting whatever was loose inside or finicky to make contact and transfer power to the motor. I contacted them and they sent me an RMA to send the ESC in and they simply sent me a brand new one, no questions asked.

Go HERE to register your Speed Passion Products.
Simply create a user name and password and have your product numbers handy. (should be a little holographic sticker on the registration card with a number on it)

If that's the case Reset your points on the radio. Hold down the button on the switch as you turn it on and follow the procedure. Reset the neutral, max brake and max throttle points. If successful it should beep 3 times. Then turn it off and then back on and see what you get.

ive been reading through a bunch of other posts and it appears that the Reventon R model just has weak brakes might have to unload it i guess.....too bad cause its a very smooth esc, just has very weak brakes!

Not so because emu Reventon R was first in my T4.1 FT and is now in my son's RB5 and it stop quite firmly.

just wish i could figure it out it out. its a nice peice, i just have come across a few posts with people posting the same thing.....reventon pro brakes very good, but R model not as good. ill keep pluggin away and see if i can figure it out....thanks for your replies so far!

My reventon R in my DEX210 set to 50% brakes very well at 100% it could lock the rear tyres up from any speed, as incubus metions re-calibrate you radio to the ESC.

def will try this shortly and let you guys know....ty again for the suggestions

[QUOTE=gotspeed24;12976317]just wish i could figure it out it out. its a nice peice, i just have come across a few posts with people posting the same thing.....reventon pro brakes very good, but R model not as good. ill keep pluggin away and see if i can figure it out....thanks for your replies so far![/QUOTE

Which firmware are you using?

When is there going to be iOS7 support for the Reventon WiFi module ... It's been a while now ...
And my Asus XP notebook doesn't want to know the PC/LCD program ... So I can only change VERY basic parameters with LCD box.... damned frustrating !