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Originally Posted by Nitroxextreme
I have seen that many teams are deciding that they need to have brakes so that they will not roll down off of the ramp.
What is the effectiveness of the Victor brake...is it really that bad that you need to have a manual brake?
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If you want to see what the effectiveness of the victor break is, power one of your motors directly off a battery, and while it is still spinning, take it off the battery and short the leads together. The motor will stop pretty rapidly. This is what the victor brake does. It Won't do much at all as far as locking your wheels from moving while your robot is stopped or at a very slow speed, but it will bring things to a stop pretty rapidly. The force it exerts is porportional to the current speed of the motor. It relies on using the motor as a shorted out generator.