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ESCs and Motors¶

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ArduPilot supports a wide variety of ESCs and motors. The pages below provide setup instructions for the most popular types

Motors¶

  • Brushed motors
  • Thrusters (for boats)
  • Torqeedo Electric Motor (for boats)
  • Trolling motors

ESC¶

  • BLHeli/BLHeli32 Capable ESCs
  • Currawong Velocity ESCs
  • DroneCAN ESCs
  • DShot ESCs
  • FETtec OneWire ESCs
  • PWM, OneShot and OneShot125 ESCs
  • KDE CAN ESCs
  • ESC Grounding and Wiring Considerations
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