Originally Posted by
jdearhart
This is more of what I was hinting at. Which if it happens, I'm afraid it will turn into the motor of the month and who has the deepest pockets. Lets hope not, but the writing seems to be on the wall. IMHO, it should be a once a year approval in October with an approval date for use on January 1st of the following year.
I don't believe motor manufacturers will be updating motors more than once a year. The only company I have see change a motor in less than a year was Hobbywing and Trinity. Fantom changed the Helix after a year, but most will wait at least 2-3 years before dropping a new motor design. It costs a lot of money to change them out too fast, but if people are willing to drop over $150 on a motor, then I guess yearly motor designs will be a thing. However, motors are not like RC cars. There is only so much you can do to a motor to make it better. You can drop internal resistance to ridiculous levels, but then your talking about using rare metals and a $500 motor.
With motors reaching $200, I wouldn't doubt ROAR coming out with a maximum motor price, just like the brushed motor stock class, way back in the day. However, there are $120 motors that will keep up with a $180 motor.