Using motor brakes on Revo tranny?

[BL_RV0]

hey i want to disable mechanical brakes on the revo transmission, to use motor brakes. i will be using a foc if that makes any difference. if someone cold tell me how to do this, that would be great.

The only way to do this is to lock your tranny in second gear.
But why do you want to remove the mechanical brake????
I run mine with the 2 speed and mechanical brake and i love it.
Less current draw from batterie.

[BL_RV0]

ah i see. and less heat also huh?

[offroader]

Originally Posted by david lamontagn

The only way to do this is to lock your tranny in second gear.
But why do you want to remove the mechanical brake????
I run mine with the 2 speed and mechanical brake and i love it.
Less current draw from batterie.

Hey Dave how do you set up the mechanical brake? how do you connect the servo to what channel?
Thanks

I connect the brake servo to chanel 3, and i use the "MIX" function on my radio (Futaba FASST 2.4) to "mix" the chanel 2 and 3. I set the EPA on chanel 2 to have full trottle and no brake and set EPA on chanel 3 to full brake but no trottle.
Also, i dissable the brake ( or set it to minimum) in your ESC.

Et voila

[aqwut]

so the revo's transmission is not like other cars... where you could just split channel 2 with another "Y" harness and hook it up to the brake servo?..

If you did it , you must be certain that you can disable the brake fonction on your ESC, because when you'll brake, you ESC should not brake.
I've an MGM 16018 and i can't disable the brake fonction completly on it, i can only put it to a very low setting. SO i don't have the choice to MIX the chanel 2 and 3.

[BrianG]

Brakes? Who needs brakes? Brakes are for stopping, and shouldn't you be "going"?

Seriously, it's important to note that if you retain the two speed/mech brakes in the stock Revo tranny, you will NOT have reverse. I'm sure you knew this, but just a FYI...

[lincpimp]

Quite true Brian! i have a tekno converted revo and think that it is great, but I do miss reverse. There is just something about being able to do a reverse wheely that just does it for me! Mech brakes are great, my aveox/quark combo stays cool, even though it is a bit undersized for the application. I just put a small clip-on heatsink on the motor and mounted the quark directly to the al esc mount, that seems to keep the temps in check!