If you cannot reach the prop to manually detangle weeds , sometimes lifting and spinning the prop out of water for a few seconds in reverse and...
You might need a fuse, a circuit breaker, or some kind of high current alarm to warn about weeds tangling in the prop, short of causing a stall....
Capacity may be lower at high current draw and low temperatures, even for the various advanced lithium chemistries. Peukert equation?
"I am wondering if it might be possible to change the simpler looking one so it could be reversed for smaller dinghies etc so facing backwards...
"For winter it will stored under a peaked frame and cover to shed snow." If the peaked frame is yet to be constructed, using sturdy transparent...
Snow and ice layers might affect power generation, overhead load, COG, Etc with a flat solar roof if you're doing anything during very cold...
"Speed is what I am really after" AFAIK, all HPB records for endurance and burst speed have been made with water propellers which should be...
Would there be a tendency for the Spheres to slide out of the sprocket pockets due to etching wear as layers of self lubrication are lost plus...
Sock, some good ideas on anchoring the beads, not quite sure about using plastic and epoxy... Myself thinks that the beaded cable probably should...
Not much information available on tread power. Most likely if paddles and/ or Treads were truly significant at least in a general way, there might...
Sock, see note above.
Second entry on this link, another Waterwheel hydrofoil favorite. Some seem to think it might be within the range of human power, on this and...
http://www.humanpoweredboats.com/Photos/UniversityDisplacementHPBs/TUHHSnelda_2.jpg One of my favorite water wheel concept boats because it uses...
"It was thinking even a limited system could be handy for kayak fishermen to be able to both steer and propel a kayak hands-free, and in very...
Flapping inverting foil (patent pending) https://www.boatdesign.net/threads/flapping-inverting-foil-patent-pending.51359/ There may be additional...
[MEDIA] There was a company that made a commercial Pedal Power version sometime back by the name of (Pacific?) tail boats?
Congrats on a great and successfully efficient project, and thanks for sharing progress! A fairing around the trolling motor down tube for the...
"Sure it cost something to remove it ASAP, but it will cost same or more later on and until I clear that slot I'm also loosing that money, too"....
Maybe this is a dumb question, but I wonder can they be cleaned up and used as a residence? Assuming that recurring slip fees and plus other costs...
What about an inflatable SUP? Special case, same amount of space as a hard SUP because there is no interior.....
