Friction Drive

I put this RC airplane brushless motor on my home built trike some time ago. It's just a friction drive on the rear tire... the ultimate in low buck kiss inspired technology. I didnt have a brushless drive with enough capacity for the motor so I just ordered a  brushless drive for it and will probably try it like this.
The the goal is to convert it to a mid drive arrangement inspired by a pic a story on the the electric bikes web site as posted in the post below.