Slightly off topic - brushless motor used in cordless drill

[pauster]

I know this is not directly an RC related item, but you can use it to work on your RC vehicle :rolleyes: - a cordless drill with a brushless motor.

http://www.festoolusa.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=2&prodid=564178

BTW Festool has been making professional high-end tools for the European market for decades.

I just wonder what kind of motor they are using.

[osteologation]

that link shows a drill with a brushed motor, it says in the description that it has carbon brushes.

btw i did find the brushless drill on the site

[pauster]

Actually the description says "EC-TEC motor WITHOUT carbon brushes produces virtually no mechanical wear"

This model - C12 - is the brushless one.

[chilledoutuk]

lol my washing machine is brushless direct drive LG but i don't really think its appropriate to start a thread here about it.

[ddubbua]

Yeah, my washing machine has a brushless motor, I don't know maybe I'm a nerd but I'm excited about brushless motors getting into more stuff. I even made a blog post about the new brushless drill (http://brushlesscar.com/brushless-motor-now-in-handeld-drill/)I was so excited. It would be interesting to get one and try it out in a vehicle. I know of lots of guys that use Dewalt brushed motors in their cars.

[burnineyes]

Its cool to see brushless motors in a drill. BUT, I would hesitate to call that a "high end" product when it uses 1300mah NiCds, that is so 80s.

[ddubbua]

High end because of the motor, I think in a lot of cases NiCD batteries are the best for people using drills for construction cuase they go through one a after another. It's still the cheapest and safest battery out there.

[burnineyes]

Nicd is pretty safe, but lithium batteries are safe and do the job better. The price difference is not as big as most people think, but either way, a "high end" product should include "high end" components.

I am a certified auto tech, but I have also worked on quite a few construction sites. I have used many kinds of drills on the job, and I usually test their capability rather hard. The newer cordless tools with lithium batteries perform light years better than any old Ni-XX powered tools.