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Re: Motors: Past and Future

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Originally Posted by dtengineering View Post
And you just beat me to saying it! Brushless motors are the next logical evolution... it is just a matter of getting the control circuitry down to a competitive price.

Jason
Pretty sure that at some levels, it's down far enough. There's a reason electric R/C aircraft are becoming extremely common, and it isn't totally due to good batteries becoming more common/cheaper. The motors and ESCs also had to get cheaper. Admittedly, they don't often run on 12VDC, and typically have a "battery eliminator circuit" built in, but those can be worked around, right?
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