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		sarnu on March 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voith Schneider Propeller 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....

fh973 on March 5, 2021 [–]

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

baybal2 on March 5, 2021 | [–]

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

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

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