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Unread 24-09-2012, 19:03
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Re: Lithion-Ion Batteries

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Originally Posted by ToddF View Post
Hijacking your thread: If FIRST were to take any technology from the RC world, I'd kill to be allowed to use brushless motors and ESCs in our robots. We could keep the expensive Jags and Victors to drive the CIMs for driving, if we had to. But, we would get tons better performance at a fraction of the cost if we could use brushless motors and ESCs. There is a good reason why nearly the entire RC world has made the transition to brushless.
This is the first time I've seen brushless motors suggested as a cost saving measure. Do you have a rough BOM of what you'd put in the kit spec'd out with pricing?

-John
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