Current standard heavyweight tech

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The Perm motors are 'only' $1,300 unless you are talking about an even larger model than the PMG132. I can't remember if there was ever a Perm in Last Rites but there was definitely some talk about how badly the motor performed in a US heavy; apparently the windings are easily damaged by impact shocks.

Personally, I'd like to see how the brushless Mars motor performs in a heavy; the only time I saw Last Rites up close, Ray was sitting on it and cursing all the broken Etek brushes .

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Someone at BB used a brushless Etek and I don't think it had any issues. The mini etek on RMP looks a very good replacement too, it appears power is very similar. We put brushless in warhead that worked well, although not particularly cheap. And there are other brushless motors that should theoretically work will on the weapon. Kane has played around with brushless drive but not sure how much testing he's done with it.

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The brushless drive that Kane had in Mini-Moth was awesome! If he has scaled it up to larger classes successfully, that would be a huge advance in drive technology.

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BTW: If you want to know more about Eteks, ask Glen Rose. His day job is building military robots driven by a pair of Eteks - I am totally jealous!

[grant_ploughbot]

He has made a HW brushless drive recently, although it's worth asking Kane for any details or how well he got it to work. I haven't seen it running yet but it does apparently.