Motors: Past and Future

[EricH]

Originally Posted by dtengineering

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?