Mach 3 control of DC Brushless motor?

[templecorran]

This is off topic but I wanted to share this info with you all:
Our 2nd year Mechanical students are expected to enter "The Power Tools HotRod races" by taking a battery operated power tool and using it to provide the drive for a racing car.
The designs are many and various and often too fragile to race.
Having discussed with other staff over the past years, especially since Robot Wars was featured on the telly, what we could do to build an entry for the competition.
The Hot Rod challenge is not so hard, as all you need is a bit of light board, a motor and battery.

My friend found these motors:
http://www.greenweld.co.uk/acatalog/...ltage_347.html
and we put together a challenger for the race.

That's not the point of this post:
My point is that these motors exist, are very cheap, will pull the solid curd off rice pudding (bowl and all) and run fast.

However, I'm not so sure that in it's raw state without a reduction drive that it would be suitable for life as a spindle motor.
:feedback:

John