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Originally Posted by chilledoutuk
thanks for reminding me why i hate nitro cars all that noise and no go worth a toss.
I could see you were struggling with the brakes in the video as you mentioned i wonder why the stock brakes are so naff is the car heavier than nitro form?
Also what servo are you using for brakes perhaps you need one that has more torque.
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The brake servo is an airtronics 94758 digital (115oz) so it should have plenty of torque. When the brakes are cool and fresh it can lock the tires up easily, but after only a couple hard stops they heat up and fade to the point of being useless. They get so hot when I picked it up to check what was going on I could smell them burning.
The car is ever so slightly heavier than the the nitro form. But not much at all. The guy whos body I was borrowing runs his DM-1 nitro and we were comparing the weight of the 2 by holding one in each hand. We concluded that my electric was heavier, but it was so slight it was very difficult to tell by comparison. Couldn't be more than a few ounces different. He has the same problem with brake fade on his also so I think its just a function of trying to have a single disk do all of the work to stop that thing. Buggies have 2 disks and truggies typically have 4. This probably weighs about the same as a typical buggy. I think if I upgrade to a 2 disk setup I should be OK.
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