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03.19.2011, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by What's_nitro? View Post
Would adding sensors to a motor have any affect on the braking performance? It looks like the ones on the bikes don't use motor brakes, so I'm curious if the mod would work as well in a car with motor brakes.
I can imagine it would, as the esc needs to know where the rotor is in order to juggle the 3 phases to produce braking. My understanding is that the motor then acts like a generator and the esc places it under load in a certain manner to slow the rotation. Might be way off on that, though.
   
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