drag brake??

[hoghead5150]

i know the box says the stock esc has a drag brake, but mine sure doesn't seem like it. is there a way to program or set up the drag brake WITHOUT a castle link? if not, then i guess i'm ordering more stuff!

[Syncrog60]

No, you need to connect it to a pc. The castle programming card works but only as a pc link. Card itself can't program the esc.
On the menu you can turn the drag brake up to 100%.
But, on the proper Castle sv2 esc you can turn it up to full 'crawler mode' which is 213%.
So you can make it far better than stock (50% I think) but you won't get a full crawler brake from the stock esc.
Hope that helps.

[Harley]

Originally Posted by hoghead5150

i know the box says the stock esc has a drag brake, but mine sure doesn't seem like it. is there a way to program or set up the drag brake WITHOUT a castle link? if not, then i guess i'm ordering more stuff!

Just recalibrate your controller. That is likely the problem. The instructions are on the Axial website under the ESC. It's simple to do.

[Sixohh]

i thought i read somewhere on the "destructions" that you can program the esc by following a series of beeps and led colors? (or is that on my BR-XL)

[constantmotion]

Brake brake isn't going to be too noticeable with the stock motor.

[Supercomputer5]

Yes you can program the AE-2 ESC without a castlelink. Instructions are here:
http://axialracing.com/wordpress/2011/08/18/axial-ae-2-esc-set-up-and-programming/

[Supercomputer5]

Now all I have to do is remember to make it a clickable link.

http://axialracing.com/wordpress/201...d-programming/

[crawleR07]

says default drag brake setting is 100% so im guessing thats as much as you get without a pc link. not sure if you can program stock esc over 100% drag brake with the castle link.