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Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42
Two things: - What's an ESC? Sorry for my ignorance.
- I notice it is "minimum cost." What happens when you try to graph average or maximum cost. Minimum cost products aren't always necessary as good quality as they were in 2003 (though I'm welcome for someone to prove me wrong).
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Electronic Speed Controller.
Honestly, average/maximum cost graphs are going to be mostly the same since it wasn't until 2010ish that another ESC was allowed and it was more expensive (and actually less effective for most teams) The only year that the cheapest option ISNT the IFI/VexPro Victor line (883/884/SP) is 2016 in which it is the Spark ESC and the Victor retains its 2015 cost.
For reference - I have (if Lydia/RIT group ever ships it back) a box of about a dozen 883s from 2003, they have been abused by several robots over the years and are still mostly ticking (they fried 1.5 of them when they tried to run a giant Ampflow motor off of them and cooked the fets) There's a reason the IFI Victors were a staple in combat robotics for a LONG time. They take a beating and, until recently, there was barely anything comparable on the market.
Edit - to respond to Chris below: I went to archive.org for the site you buy the ESCs from and clicked on the link and checked the price. Whatever it said is what I put there.