Applications of Sensored vs Sensorless Brushless Motors

How does a Sensored brushless motor work in comparison to a Sensorless Brushless Motor?
In a sensored motor, as the name implies, there are sensors that are positioned in the motor to send rotor position information back to the ESC. In a sensorless brushless motors, the ESC relies on what is known as back emf. Back EMF is essentially a voltage "Signal" that is sent back to the ESC in order to determine the position of the rotor.
Advantages of a Sensored Brushless Motor include smooth transition from slow speeds. Sensored motors are also able to produce a great amount of torque right at zero RPM. Sensored motors may contain a temperature probe that is located on the sensor board. In this case you are able to log motor temperature depending on the ESC and its capability.
Advantages of a Sensorless Brushless motor include being able to operate very well at high speeds. So well in fact that some sensored setups have a hybrid mode that operates in sensorless synchronization at high speed. Added reliability of the system in general is true when the extra sensors and components are eliminated.
Applications of Sensored and Sensorless Brushless Motors
Rock Crawlers are a perfect example of a type of RC car that must use a sensored setup. Other RC applications such as RC boats, airplanes, helicopters and drones do not require sensored motors. In fact a sensorless motor work very well.
Can a Sensored Motor work with a Sensorless ESC
A sensored motor operating on a sensorless ESC is completely possible. Expect the motor to behave much like a sensorless motor.
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