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Reply to "In 1998 Lionel Veranda was going to use stackable DC Brushless Motors"

@RailRide posted:

I find it odd that there haven't been further attempts to experiment with brushless motors on O Gauge locomotives...they are so common in the RC hobby that it's actually a bit of a challenge to find speed controllers (with reverse) that are still compatible with old-style brushed DC motors.

I don't find it odd at all.

There is really only two makers of control systems in O-gauge (maybe 1 1/2 now), and they have absolutely no incentive to go to the expense and time to redesign the motor control for brushless motors.  While I believe they'd be a superior motor, I'm sure the prevailing wisdom (tongue in cheek) at Lionel and MTH is that the motors they use and buy for a buck or two are good enough.  Add to that the control electronics are fully developed and in volume production, and it just doesn't make financial sense to change.

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