I found myself wishing that I had provided for mechanical brakes when I first did my conversion. In the end, I found that the electric is just a different "drive" than nitro. I had to learn how to drive it. If I don't watch myself, I still find myself "goosing" the throttle, as though I'm trying to keep the motor in its power band. Now, I don't miss the mechanical brakes at all.

Just don't expect to do the conversion and then start racing. You do have to set the suspension up a bit differently to accomodate the new power source.