RE: i want front brakes...ideas?
I like this idea. Didn't think any rotors existed that could but slipped onto the hexes. The bike style brake line sounds possible.
This would be super cool to see set up/mocked up on a real 1/10th 2wd truck.
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Without using any electronic knowledge, I'd also suggest another idea, if the reverse speed/function was not so important, to go around the 3rd channel ON/OFF brake problem. What if you rig up the brake servo like a nitro in parallel with the ESC connection...as in when you hit reverse it would engage the brakes (as you said, using the spring to apply the actual force perhaps) proportionally, and when you hit forward, the servo simply turns harmlessly the other way. Only draw back MIGHT be that your reverse speed will suffer when you actually want to go backward, without a clever mechanical or electronic brake disengaging system.