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Old 03-01-2008, 04:25 PM
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Shark413
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Default RE: Mechanical Brakes on brushless buggy

I had some free time last night so I was able to work on the buggy. I was able to mod a stock aluminum radio tray to fit over the carbon fiber tray. I added another tray post to support the end of the tray. This holds the brake servo, which I test fitted and everything looks good. One issue, since the brake servo is a little more outboard than normal the linkage hit the body slightly, I remolded the body to create a small bubble to allow clearence for the linkage. I am waiting for longer linkage rods to actually hook up the brakes. Then I will setup the ESC for zero brake, use channel 3 brake mixing to control the mechanical brakes and hopefully be able to test it at the track next weekend.


Test fitting the servo and linkage




Additional support post added.


Body before remolding.


Body after remolding, added a small bump to clear linkage.