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I have been in the RC model boats and planes hobby for a number of years but decided to branch out into the world of EVs.
In RC pretty much everyone uses brushless motors, and the majority of those use outrunners for their good efficiency and thermals. I have recently come across some enormous brushless outrunners here for example. I have used lots of these motors in the past through the hobby and would be confident in using a large one like this with the appropriate ESC's and batteries however, nobody seems to use these in EVs (that I have seen). Is there any reason for this?
I am fairly interested in doing an electric boat conversion using said 40kw brushless motor, but don't want to blindly throw money at a lot of new electronics for them to fall flat when I try and use them in the boat.
Thomas
In RC pretty much everyone uses brushless motors, and the majority of those use outrunners for their good efficiency and thermals. I have recently come across some enormous brushless outrunners here for example. I have used lots of these motors in the past through the hobby and would be confident in using a large one like this with the appropriate ESC's and batteries however, nobody seems to use these in EVs (that I have seen). Is there any reason for this?
I am fairly interested in doing an electric boat conversion using said 40kw brushless motor, but don't want to blindly throw money at a lot of new electronics for them to fall flat when I try and use them in the boat.
Thomas