Driving a 5 phase motor

[robognosis]

I am attempting to drive a 5 phase / 10 wire motor. Specifically a Berger Lahr VRDM 5913/50 LNC 5 Phase motor. I was thinking of trying to drive this with 5 a4988 and I'm pretty sure I even have some sample code that I think will work but I'm jsut not really sure. Maybe a ramps board with the a4s on board the mega?

I would appreciate any thoughts on this as I hesitate to spend $700 on a driver for a motor I am not 100% certain of.

Thanks!

EDIT: The application is to drive a belt for steering on a lawn motor so it won't be spinning freely it will always be within about 10-12 turns from the point of origin.

EDIT 2: Not a riding lawnmower, this one will be driving itself.

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[GaryLa]

Oriental Motor makes some specific ICs for driving those. Probably others do too.

The common TI and Allegro parts are not going to do the job.

[Eldon_Joh]

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