since i don’t name any brands i don’t spread rumors that are disadvantageous for certain companies!
I think we disagree here. While you’re not directly advising readers not to buy company X, the message I’m seeing is “don’t buy except from companies which market to aviation”. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this implicitly saying “don’t buy from all other companies, including company X”?
I will stand by my guns, which is that we should not be spreading rumors without links to the pilot reports.
I think we are in complete agreement that ESCs are scary things prone to malfunction, a malfunction which occurs in the blink of an eye and can release tremendous forces. I completely agree with your list of requirements for ESCs. I think it’s really useful in helping people make informed decisions.
In my experience, the consumer industry can make much more reliable parts than the professional industry. It’s hard to estimate the value of the tens or hundreds of millions of test hours and configurations which arise from the hobby/hacker world. A niche ESC such as from MGM, which has merely thousands of hours and has only operated with a handful of motors, has many advantages but it cannot have the breadth and depth of experience of tens of thousands of people flying every weekend for a decade.
Case in point, APD markets their pro ESCs for aviation, but two forum users have had issues: Paraglider self-launching system - #122 by mr.jadkowski and Paraglider self-launching system - #132 by Cedar. Certain combinations of motor, ESC, and prop are prone to failure, and that’s a big risk which any developer has to consider.