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Comment by sarnu

5 years ago

In my childhood I always wanted a model tugboat with a Voith Schneider Propeller, but never could afford one.

They are still around, in modernized versions with brushless motors. See for example https://www.hobbydirekt.de/Alte-Kategorien/sonstiges/VOITH-S....

Nice, but that's not a brushless motor. Brushed motors are still being used in RC boats because they can get to lower RPMs.

  • Permanent magnet motors are used because they can get to lower RPMs.

    It's not necessarily an attribute of all brushless motors.