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johnrobholmes · 10.24.2007, 10:23 AM

The Castle controllers use regenerative braking, even with lipo packs. The recharge rate is about 15% effective, so whatever amp hour you use to accelerate the vehicle will only be recovered 15% on a full stop. This doesn't put a lipo pack in danger. This info is straight from Pat's mouth, I talked with him last week for about 30 minutes on the subject. In his opinion it is the most effective and efficient way to brake a motor, as the battery takes the load from the motor and the ESC doesn't really have to do much work.

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johnrobholmes RC-Monster Aluminum Offline Posts: 905 Join Date: Aug 2007	10.24.2007, 10:23 AM The Castle controllers use regenerative braking, even with lipo packs. The recharge rate is about 15% effective, so whatever amp hour you use to accelerate the vehicle will only be recovered 15% on a full stop. This doesn't put a lipo pack in danger. This info is straight from Pat's mouth, I talked with him last week for about 30 minutes on the subject. In his opinion it is the most effective and efficient way to brake a motor, as the battery takes the load from the motor and the ESC doesn't really have to do much work.