Why Hasn't first gone Brushless?

[Ben87]

Hello all,
First post here, So I'll introduce myself. My name is Ben White of team 87- if any of you were at the granite state regional or Philadelphia regional- i was the tall black guy on drive team.. Kind of hard to miss me. I am team 87's hardware man and have a question


My question to you is why FIRST has not gone to brushless motors and speed controllers over the CIM motors, 884's and jaguars?
Brushless motors are loads more efficient, make more torque, and can be purchased with different winding configurations for different kv and Kt values.(rpm per volt and torque per amp).

For any of you that run hobby grade RC cars, you have seen the advantages of brushless motors. you get longer runtime, more power and the motors are less temperamental when under load.



What I would like to see is that first legalizes brushless motors and speed controls... yes they are expensive but they have their advantages.