Does this sound bad?

[Lessen]

Disable your low voltage cutoff since you are not using a lipo pack. It's been awhile since I've run that rig with a MM set-up but I don't recall ever using more than 25% brake, and had reverse locked out.

Have you swapped out the spur yet?

no, I havn't swapped the spur quite yet. Maybe I'll do that before i go to bed tonight. If I get it changed I'll give it a run tomorrow and see what it's like. Running more brake shouldn't hurt the motor though right? I mean, if it couldn't handle it they wouldn't give us the option right? To me, braking is the most impressive thing about this thing. I can't believe how fast it stops. It's like a freakin' F1 car :thumbup: I hope, it's just the spur though. Thanks Dom!

 

[Lessen]

What the Hell!

You know what... Thanks for the great deal Dom.. but this will be the last Kyosho product I buy. This thing is a fuckin' PITA to work on. Every damn part is screwed to thirteen others. I swear I got this car 25% tore apart and I STILL don't have the damn spur out.

Now I remember why I buy kits.

*edit*

Oh ok, maybe I shouldn't be so hard on Kyosho. I suppose it was about time I get to know this car a little better anyways. At any rate, I finally figure out the easiest way to get to that thing and after replacing the spur I can say for certain that that old spur was ate the heck up. I didn't realize how much of the teeth had been tore up. I was bad all the way around, it only looked bad in that one section. so I'm gonna change my voltage cutoff but I'm gonna keep the brake as it is now and see how it goes tomorrow, hopefully the road will be dried up (it rained a bunch today)

 

[sweetdiesel]

Set-up the ESC brake to suit your driving style, but here is how I had mine set-up and why.

~5% drag brake
25% brake power
reverse locked out

I prefer to gently decelerate before setting up for a turn, and having the drag brakes allow me to let go of the trigger and not have to physically brake with my finger. I also like to have enough brake power to forcefully stop the rig but not so suddenly as to lock up the tires or cause the rig to pitch or veer. Also your motor uses a lot of energy to brake, by having only as much brake power as necessary will consume less energy and be less strain on your motor and ESC.

 

[Lessen]

great info, thanks man! I think I'll be able to through a pack before I go to work later. I just need to reinstall the motor and get that mesh right

 

[Lessen]

Alright, I think I'm all set up now. I put 5% of drag brake in it and turned down my brake power to 40% to save some strain on the drivetrain. I'm gonna fiddle with my camber setting a little to even out the wear on my tires and I'll take it out soon. Also, I used a small strip of tracing paper (folded once) to set my mesh and it seems pretty good. Just a hair amount of play but everything is rolling very smoothly.

Now this is more like it. Glad it was a simple (sort of) fix. Need to tighten the slipper a little and lose a little rear camber but she's all set up for the road again

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[Gundragon]

Now that sounds a hell of a lot better, and I learned something from this too. (If mine makes that kind of noise I mean) Nice job!

 

[MrClean]

I don't know much about electric rigs (been many years since I've had one), but yeah, that sounds 100% better.