Trying To Build An Electric Boat With Infinite Range 

This is like an episode of primitive technologies - but in the north and a bit less primitive

"You are not a true engineer until you messed up left and right steering" RCLifeOn, 2022 🤣

I’d like to suggest adding a couple of amas (Polynesian side floats used on canoes) for added stability. They don’t have to be long. Maybe look at trimaran sailboats and kayaks for ideas.

This panel can put out close to 100 watts ru-vid.comUgkxOqI2yqX0XVrhR2BMJciTWrHJpG8FhJyg when positioned in the appropriate southernly direction, tilted to the optimal angle for your latitude/date, and connected to a higher capacity device than a 500. The built in kickstand angle is a fixed at 50 degrees. Up to 20% more power can be output by selecting the actual date and latitude optimal angle.The 500 will only input 3.5A maximum at 18 volts for 63 watts. Some of the excess power from the panel can be fed into a USB battery bank, charged directly from the panel while also charging a 500. This will allow you to harvest as much as 63 + 15 = 78 watts.If this panel is used to charge a larger device, such as the power station, then its full output potential can be realized.

1:03 this man has a gentle heart. he only kicked it one time, he yelled no obscenities, he didn't pick it up and throw it or anything. 8:49 **apprehensive chicken noises**

Surf around RU-vid looking at dinghy cruising videos. The world needs a relatively inexpensive, small drop-in or bolt on electric motor unit like the one you have made here. Cruising dinghies are class designs, kits, or home/design-build and are mono to tri-hull types, including proas. So, companies producing "auxiliary power" units based on standard outbound engine configurations and pricing at the std gasoline outboard range as competitive are just not the answer, people will have unique places in their boats for placing batteries and choosing their sizing and so a motor unit like you have made is what is needed. Bravo on your ingenuity and humor!

a sailboat is infinite .... but you getting annoyed was priceless !!! wel done !!!! wel done !!!!

7:48 im so glad you left it in because i noticed it the whole time and was wondering what you'd say about it

That Kik of the deflating air mattress. The caveman brain comment. Dude I love your videos man.

Dude, your comedic timing is 10/10.

That 80/20 Aluminum extrusions is amazing stuff, it makes it so easy to bring an idea a to life with minimum effort 😉

After spending time at a lake this summer, where everyone was using a SUP, I was also playing with the idea of putting a motor in the fin slot, to slowly cruse around. Where else if not here would I find that exact thing. Love it

7:34 Messed up steering? Nah, Drift King!! 🤣 Bob Ross said it best, "there are no mistakes, just happy accidents".

Very cool! Did you sand the 3d printed propellers? It can add a lot of thrust!

you looked so happy with the ruder. great video 2x👍

I think that the deeper the motor is, the more the pressure will inhibit cavitation. However, it's a trade off between that& shallow water operation & manoeuvrability, because a long plate to hold the motor will oppose rudder control. One solution is to simply mount the motor on the rudder itself, rather like an outboard motor, it will aid manoeuvrability under power, but also increases the likelihood of cavitation, though that also has solutions. At the end of the day, design is balancing compromises. Kudos for putting it together.

oh yes I would love to see that servo tester modification video!!

Madlad going on the water in this weather to film us content.

Once again great work. The next evolution of the surfboards. Your editing skills are impressive and the dry humor fits with the projects. Thanks for sharing.

add 2 floats with bars, each side, retractable, for stability ! good job !

I thought that windy stormy day was a damn fine test.

6:03 I had a set of “”heavy duty”” jumper cables, don’t remember where they came from, but I had them in my vehicle for years and one day I picked them up and a red clamp fell off because the exposed wire had been bent and broke right at the clamp. So I pried up the crimp on the clamp, pulled the old bit of wire out, then cut back the wire sheathing to expose more wire. But, to my surprise, I hit an in-line crimp. So I cut back a bit further to find a similarly dainty wire. The manufacture had apparently crimped a few inches of heavier wire to the clamp, then crimped the heavy wire to the stretch of dainty wire, and covered it up with what looked like a cable strain relief. If you looked at the thickness of the wire and the bit of exposed wire crimped inside the clamp, you’d think the thick wire ran the entire length of the cable, but you’d be wrong…

Awesome build. Put an outrigger on the next version. It will give you more stability and a better place to put the solar!

Loved it, looking forward to the end results!!! Keep up the excellent work!!!

Good work bud👊🏻! Maybe a little roof so you can house even more panels🤔

Why didn't you just crisscross the steering cable giving you left is left and right is right? Cave man brains 😁😁 Cool project!

"I guess there is no point in adding something, when you don´t know what you are looking at" 🤣🤣🤣 you are awesome man!!!

Hi. Crossing the steering cables just before the rudder attachment, will solve the steering issue. Like your videos. Keep em coming. Cheers.

Thanks. Always enjoy watching your videos.

Man the balls you have to try this in winter of all times! Respect.

You radiate chaotic energy and I love it.

You should put a gopro underwater so we can see whats going on with the 3D printed prop. Good idea as well to increase blade count.

This is the perfect kind of janky engineering I love.

Always look forward to watching your videos! great job!

I love your videos! Keep it up. You bring the best comic relief when needed. Ty

If you haven't already had this breakthrough, the next step should be making a PONTOON BOAT VERSION! So 2 paddle boards with aluminum frame across the top. higher, more stable, more area for laying down or sitting, more cargo space, can fit more solar panels...

At this point homie needs a Netflix series. Imagine the shenanigans with a budget

Oh heck yeah! Solar powered boats are awesome

Dude, excellent as always. On a sidenote, ur editingskill is gone to another level. Kudos.

Great sustainable solution! It floated really well🙌🏼

"Daaaad do you know where my scooter is??" Dad: "uuuuh"

"You're not a true engineer until you've messed up the steering" I've never felt more seen in my life

Huge potential there...awesome as usual, cheers

Amazing job dude!

Love these solar boats. Looking forward to the next video.

Great project! :)

That was great! I've seen my fair share of marine props but I've never seen one shaped like yours... it looks like a jet impeller. efficiency could probably greatly benefit from an off the shelf propeller.

add some pontoons to the sides run solar panels along them it would be a lot more stable and you could have more solar.

It really is amazing how much faster 3d printing can speed up projects.

Awesome job on your boat, all you need to do for the steering is cross the cables using a 4 pollen configuration. Two stacked inline and behind the steering column running one right cable around to the left and the left cable around to the right to the other two pulleys on earthier side of the boat.

love the idea, i believe the noise from the motor you're hearing is caused by cavitation. its awesome that you made your own proppeler but i think its just a little too small in diameter. thats why the motor might be creating air bubbles, causing the motor spin faster because it has less water resistance. and thats the noise you are hearing i believe.

What a great invention! Love it. I guess that you will have to work a bit on the design now! Good luck!

Awesome dude! I don't think you need the cooling pump though.. just an intake pipe - into the flow of the water (forward facing) should be enough to force water up the pipe and round the electronics so you might not need that additional power draw.. although that depends on the shape of the intake and the speed of the boat through the water.

I was a bit worried about the build quality. Didn't seem up to your usual high standards, but your motor mount and prop were nice, and impressed that it seemed to work pretty much first time out. Nice variety of projects. I would have tried to do this one with a kayak, instead of using the paddle board but it's your baby. Anyway great job overall and another good video!

if you are serious about floating current, please use a cathamaran for stability! Good work

Well done man!

I think you could easily put the solar panels on top as a foldable roof. This would open up a lot of space but still be compact since the roof feet are foldable. Also i would try using a store bought rc boat motor/propeller combo. At least the rc props are very well made to compensate for cavitation etc. Try to use the big Ecoflow Powerstation in combination with a PC/Server PSU. You can run hours of of this. I had a similar idea for ages. Love it! im looking forward to seeing more of this!

7:37 had me lolling pretty good 😂😂

Amazing project 😍

Good video. I just had an idea. You could have a much longer string for PV panels if you put them one floats and towed them behind the boat That might also avoid the need for such a large frame

I love all of your builds.

he has some superpowers inflating the board with one stroke of the pump

Awesome video my friend wow 🤩 nice build on the solar boat 🛥 great job thumbs up 👍

this guy is one of the funniest people i don't know

Nice video and editing as always Simon :)

I Like this! I recommend use bicycle brake cable for the steering. there's no pully needed. You can even cross the cable to correct the oppo steer issue. Hope this help. Keep up the good work man

Next you will have to add the HydroFoil and maybe pontoons for stability and less drag. Keep up the great work we all enjoy your content.

another great video, next time you should try add the propellers to the rudder

make the hub of the prop the same size as the motor housing. youre getting a lot of turbulence from there. also dont shape the prop like a jet impeller, those are designed to be sorrounded, you need a lower pitch blade more akin to boat props. and a lower rpm. for instance one outboard i looked up runs the prop at a max of 3000 rpm. Also a flat bottom has no stability in turns, not much you can do about that on a paddle board though. it would be more efficient to use the motor as a 360 degree thruster rather than adding a rudder. 18 volts is a dead battery on your setup, any lower and you may not be able to recharge the batteries. also having the water pump like that is a lot of drag, best to run just a hose to the bottom.

Great proof of concept

This guy is amazing at what he does

It breaks my heart to see you wasting your money on 80-20 when wood is cheaper, lighter, and floats. Love your projects and your sense of humour.

Love your video's bro. Would appreciate seeing more and more often.

Love the comedy love the camera skills and missed the drones shots with helicopter sounds

Big panel and small batteries - this was a neat project!

Great job man! Very cool project!

Great damn work dude. So very well done.

I might be wrong but I think - what you hear is not the motor imbalance. The sound is the propeller either cavitating or ventilating. The propellers do not like to spin very fast but you make yours do it. The electrical propulsion work in this case a bit better with a jet pump or a speed reduction. The impeller of a jet pump can spin way faster without side effects like the propeller does...

One paddleboard: Good but two paddleboard: More good!

Well done mate.

loving the content as always

Great work as always!

Great entertaining videos. Keep them coming. 😀 You can build a little roof and put the panels there. 👍

niiice project, one cool idea for the future is put that extra boat on the left, like hawaian boats, to improve the balance and gain more space to put the solar panels there

awesome build & vid

awesome job!

Cool build

what about to build catamaran!? take same boat, install it like meter away from current, cover it and space between with panels, add second motor... you will have stability and space. anyway nice boat! :)

You did a excellent work

you need this rig setup and scaled for your pontoon rig! great job.

Så otroligt inspirerande och imponerande och hysteriskt humoristiskt filmat och klippt

Hello Charlemagne, good video. Thank you.

I just can’t stop laughing, it is just so funny, the editing, the facial expressions…….😂

Great Project! Love such DIY solutions 😊 One thought to the inbalanced motor. Is it maybe torque controlled? For motors used like that it is better to control them by rpm 😁

Wish I was in your region to test my projects as well Good job keep up

Great idea. I intend to cross the North sea in a sealed version of this. With an emetgency pedal-drive dynamo

I could see using one of those big old cheap Old Town canoes, fab an outrigger for the solar panels... the canoe itself is like a pickup truck in terms of cargo capacity, so plenty of room for batteries and such. Such a setup would be a blast for some epic adventure video (series).

Just 20 secs has passed so quick for first time 😂😂

Simon keep up the amazing videos my brother. I'd give 1000 likes if I could. With love from London,Ontario Canada. Cant wait for version 2 !

Put the motor on the end of the rudder to give you turning abilities at slower speeds. I like the outrigger ideas for stability. Plus more areas for more solar. Put a roof on for shade and solar panels.