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Old 05-13-2026 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DirkW
I believe his question is what happens inside the ESC when you apply the brakes.

IIRC in the brushed days, the two motor poles were shorted somehow and that created a braking force. Not sure about brushless systems. Never really cared for the details, tbh.

AH...
I took it as him asking why his brakes keep activating when off the throttle. I see, now, that he may be asking how the ESC turns the motor into the brakes.

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