HOW MUCH BRAKE?

[JJM844]

Just got back into 1/10 off road and I was wondering how much drag brake people are running? in both 2 & 4wd on mid to high bite astroturf.

[MHeadling]

On 2wd I use 15% drag brake

4wd I use 10%

It's all down to personal preference really, just get some practice in and have a play with the drag brake.

[Col]

I used to run enough drag to make it seem like a brushed set-up, but now prefer to run none at all.
As Mark says - it a preference thing

[JJM844]

Thanks for the replies, i'll have to have a play. Do you manual brake alot?

[Col]

As little as possible... assuming set-up is pretty good and you've not got too mush grip it's surprising how fast you can get these things to go round corners!

[mattybucks]

I find the esc gets a little bit hotter when using the drag brake, I usually run either 5%.

[MHeadling]

Also depends on your age too! Us older racers like the drag brake a bit higher like Col said to get the same feeling as a brushed motor

You young ones have a google, com lathes, brush's oh the joys of them! Lol

[mattybucks]

Originally Posted by MHeadling

Also depends on your age too! Us older racers like the drag brake a bit higher like Col said to get the same feeling as a brushed motor

You young ones have a google, com lathes, brush's oh the joys of them! Lol

The good old days when you changed or skimmed and replaced the brushes after each run. I had 5 8x1's at one point, the soldering iron was on all day!!

[JJM844]

I remember those days well, I think thats probably why I gave the sport up 16 years ao!

[RogerM]

I actually still miss it in a way, because I am quite gentle on the throttle I always managed to run higher gearings than most without burning brushes and/or dumping .... it was my advantage ... I'm only just getting the hang of the current necessarily agressive driving style (I normally do better relatively in the pouring rain than on high grip surfaces still)

[mattybucks]

Originally Posted by RogerM

I actually still miss it in a way, because I am quite gentle on the throttle I always managed to run higher gearings than most without burning brushes and/or dumping .... it was my advantage ... I'm only just getting the hang of the current necessarily agressive driving style (I normally do better relatively in the pouring rain than on high grip surfaces still)

Same here Roger, I had a awesome 4wd regional at Silverstone last year. It rained all day