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Re: Why Hasn't first gone Brushless?

I know how you could be solely responsible for getting brushless in FRC.

Simply get a brushless motor you would like to use, the speed controller for it that is compatible with our system, then buy, oh, 10,000 or so. Donate to FIRST, it may happen.

Other than that, sorry.

Separate from that, I've used brushless motors in combat robots before. FIRST shouldn't have brushless for two reasons; one, the drive is plenty, plenty powerful enough, and secondly teams would be destroying them constantly.