New hi-speed project

[speedracer1129]

Originally Posted by BrianG

As long as you stay within the voltage and current specs of the ESC, you'll be fine. The ESC will heat up a bit more, but should be fine. You could add a few more low-ESC capacitors to the battery leads of the ESC as close as you can to the ESC. That will help a bit...

The only reason I'm using mech brakes is because I want to use the 2 speed and the centrifugal clutch makes it so I can't use elec brakes. If it wasn't for that, I'd use elec brakes too because it's simpler and lighter (less parts).

Curious: Why can't you use mech brakes?

I plan on using the 2-speed as well. You brought up a good point that the brakes will not work with a 2-speed. The reason why i can't use mech brakes is that I will have to cut out that section of the radio tray for the RCM motor mount. Any other suggestions??

[lincpimp]

You can always remake the servo tray to position the brake servo farther away from the center diff and motor mount. I was going to use a low profile servo and place it above the dirt guard on my hyper7 buggy and just use longer brake linkages.