[skdoo]

Our motor control ESCs, remote control electronics, battery management systems, and software are entirely custom. Off-the-shelf RC parts aren't smooth, reliable, safe, or quiet enough.

[khafra]

JohnnyCowboy's concern about early motor failure from the sideloading--do you have estimates on the mean mileage between component failures, and how much replacements would cost?

[jonnycowboy]

My bad, I misunderstood your comment that you were using "(relatively) cheap brushless motor controllers".