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07.02.2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by NoControl View Post
Yea esc breaking will most likely pull as much power as your batterys can put out, I did some data logging on a revo and 9 out 10 times the largest spike in current draw is braking, and the logger showed full battery power draw ( zippy 5k 20c) brake spikes where at 100-105A.
I think you are misreading the graph perhaps - or misunderstanding something. The ESC brakes actually puts power back into the batteries - the opposite of amp draw. This is called regenerative braking. Braking is "giving power back" rather than drawing power from the batteries. Acceleration, particularly from a standstill will cause the largest spikes on the graph. Braking will show as zero current most likely, but with higher than nominal voltage. :)
   
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