FOC doesn’t mean no kick start, maybe a bit of a less kick. For me, it’s less noise and just a better riding feel to me.
Hybrid requires hall effect sensors in your motor. It runs BLDC, not FOC. At a certain erpm, which you can set, it will turn off the sensors. The reason is a pure sensor mode is inefficient at higher speeds. Sensor are only there for low speed torque. So hybrid mode fixes this.
FOC though, if ran in sensored mode, will do the same thing as hybrid, but in FOC, instead of BLDC.
No you can run BLDC and FOC sensored or unsensored.
I highly recommend sensors, it is a little extra work but gives you a much better performing board. I ran unsensored for some days and the cogging is a pain in ass. Added bonus of my sensored motors is that they include a temp sensor so I never have to worry about overheating.
I got a dual 200kv sensored motor, 10s4p,
It runs in bldc, but when i try the hybrid, only one motor works, what i did was,
motor1 detect motor, write the given numbers, write config, disconnect, test with controller, then its ok,
Motor 2 same,… But when I connect both the vesc, motor1 didnt run only 2., i did it all over again this time motor 2 was first to detect, then motor 1, after connecting both, motor 2 didnt run… Anyone experience this? (the first motor i detect wont run in dual system) sorry for long post…
BLDC and FOC can both be sensored or unsensored and the first two have nothing to do with the latter
Hybird or Sensored modes NEED sensors
BLDC has an audible hum while accelerating and braking
BLDC switching frequency is much lower than FOC (which is why FOC is more likely to blow your VESC
Your likely-hood of blowing your VESC on FOC increases with higher eRPM. This is why hubs are great for 12s FOC as their kv is typically lower than belt setups