Hi portacruise, thanks for your comments. I carefully read McDenny's very useful tests; I just didn't have time to implement everything. My next...
I did some more testing; unfortunately it got dark and I couldn't make many measurements. Mounting the propeller in the right direction gave a...
Thank your for your helpful comments. Tonight I will test it with the reversed propeller (as it is very likely backwards now), and make a photo...
on the photo, the motor is in its resting position. It is lower during driving...
first electric boat testing Hi, on the weekend, I performed the first water tests with my boat+electric setup. The purpose of the boat is very...
McDenny, I'm impressed by your work and the results. Your work is very helpful for the development of my solar motor pod. You said that you...
Update on progress Hi Rick, I'm still working on the motor, controller and battery unit and it will still take a while until I can make real...
Hi Rick and Jeremy, thank you very much for the drag calculation and the assistance with the pod shape. Now it's time to go to the workshop...
Hi Jeremy and Rick, after the calculations of Rick, I would like to try to fit an aircraft prop on my drive pod for first tries. Unfortunatly,...
For my solar-boat hull I modified the GA-boat design by putting glass fiber coated thin plywood in the regions below the waterline that may be...
Hi Rick, thank you for your calculations. That helps a lot ! It looks like Bolly Props is getting in trouble and does not sell single...
Dear Rick, thank your for that estimate. 10% does not seem very much for my river cruising case if I consider that a direct drive is simpler,...
Hi Rick, thanks for reassuring that try and error will work :) Since you are the propeller and drive unit specialist: Do you have a rough...
Hi Jeremy, Following your advice I also bought the smallest Infineon ebike controller to start with. Some specific questions to get quicker...
Hi Jeremy, thanks for your quick reply. In the moment I'm also trying a direct drive unit, although after the discussion I read here I was...
Sensorless Hi Jeremy, I'm following your very interesting project since some time and I'm really impressed by your efforts. I'm working on...
