Love him or hate him, Ernie does make a good point. Yes he probably is only concerned about how this will affect his buisness, but He is correct with how it favors Novak and leaves all companies like Haker out in the cold.
The preliminary Brushless motor rules were agreed upon, and proposed by four manufacturers, not just Novak. During the provisional comment period, any ROAR members (Hacker, included) were invited to submit comments concerning the BL rules. Since apparently no one was interested, the proposed BL motor rules were adopted by ROAR.
I'm sure that Trinity has brushless motors in the works and will continue to be a major force in the brushed motor market as well. He is correct about the ROAR official and the tech officials not knowing what to look for with the brushless motors.
Novak has had guidelines for testing Brushless motors posted on the TeamNovak website for months---updated test criteria for the new modified motors could have been provided with a simple phone call.
This will continue to be a heated debate until seperate classes are made. This is going to become an issue at the off road nats in a few weeks also, atleast thats what I think. Time will tell.
Brush and Brushless motors will be run together. This rule was made to bring ROAR rules in congruence with IFMAR.