Sensorless ESC with sensored motor ?

[jimmy]

Can you use a Sensored brushless motor with a sensorless controller - just without using the sensor wire ? Is that all you need to do, just leave off the sensor wire.

[DCM]

yeap, as the sensorless ESC uses the motor not the Hall Effect sensor to map the power.

It don't work the other way round though!!!

[Chris Doughty]

yes, the sensor circuit in sesored motors is 'extra' to a sensorless brushless motor.