magicfrost

i found this out when i used to run nitro with my fail safe, it apears to work the same on my gas. i have a venom failsafe so it does the usualy apply to certain setting when radio kicks out. heres what i stumbled upon if you over brake you can get your engine to cut out as if a kill switch was in place. in doing this you can turn your standard failsafe into one that also can cut out the engine.

ibstar

the only way you could do that
would to be turn the tick over screw right out
but then everytime you moved the stick/lever to brake it would kill the engine
or
use a expensive 3 channel and mix 2 servos together for throttle and brake
but then you would need 2 failsafe's, one for each channel used
????

magicfrost

im running it this way now i didnt change any of my factory settings on my marder. i dont run a pistol radio, i dont like the feel of them. it takes a good 15 seconds of brake for it to occur.

Lee G

Would it be worth fiting a second fail safe, one on the steering. That way if you dont have enough battery power to cut the throtle, you might have enough to put it into circles.

magicfrost

it wouldnt hurt to have a second failsafe installed. most failsafes have a voltage cutoff so the risk is low in that area. you should watch out for how much turning is applied so as not to worry about a sudden crash.