DM will post and sort you out as he loves Fairies. Ashley

Hi Chris

I have a Sea Commander with a 35mm 1100kv motor, 3S 5800 mah Lipo, 60 Amp ESC and 40mm 2 blade prop.

My mate has an original Aerokits Swordsman with the same setup.

Both have a good turn of speed without manic speed.

Harry

Yes there are very high quality DC permanent magnet motors available – but they are intended for the oem engineering companies. Typical example is Maxon Motors – but prices are in the hundreds of pounds.

In general the dc motors for the hobby market are perfectly good for model boats and are much much less expensive (than the professional motors just mentioned). One supplier is MFA (**LINK** There are 2 types of DC motors nowadays. Brushed (with an integral commutator) or Brushless. Don't want to bore you with technical details. The main decision is to select a motor that is suitable for the type of boat that you have – and that choice also involves selecting suitable props and electronic speed controllers (ESC). There are many experienced model boat constructors on this website who can advise on motors and propellers.