Converting a GST 7.7 to brushless. Help?

The center diff in the GST is really hard to turn around for some reason? Weird.

And, I've asked Mike for mount and center diff mount. He said he needed the car, and since I live in Norway, that's way too expensive to ship all the way to the US. I've asked some other companies though and waiting for answers.

How exactly do I use mechanical brakes on a brushless setup? Like, where do I plug in the servo? Do I use a Y harness wire, and plug both the brake servo and the ESC in there?

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Originally Posted by Dj_Sparky

How exactly do I use mechanical brakes on a brushless setup? Like, where do I plug in the servo? Do I use a Y harness wire, and plug both the brake servo and the ESC in there?

Starting with this question, and will get to your gearing questions soon!

You can use a y servo harness, to spilt your throttle channel to the esc and the brake servo. However the brake servo will move with the throttle and unless you have a really fast servo (like a jr9100s) you will notice a lag in braking when going from full throttle to full brake. Not a huge deal but it will take some getting used to if you currently run a brushless setup with the motor doing the braking.

I would say that having a radio that can mix the 3rd channel with the throttle channel is much better. I have run both and the mixed setup feels alot better, and gives you alot more control over the brake servo. I had mine set so it did not move when the throttle was moved in the positive direction, and only moved when I moved the throttle backwards to brake. Depending on the radio you use (I had a futaba and the guy who wrote the manual was on heavy drugs!) it may be a big pain but is worth it.