Absolutely wonderful. I am very impressed with what you have achieved. The quality and workmanship is by far the best i have scene. Well done. I am a boat dealer in Australia, interestingly i specialize in RIB's, but i would love to pick your brain at some point regarding the lessons you learned to get to this point. I am Building a 22 foot long boat style skiff, this engine is exactly what Ive dreamed about powering it with. Also incorporating a full solar roof to charge and offer some shade from the Aussie heat. I was also thinking about a small honda genset, for the longer weekends away. Great job once again.
blackdiamondmarine Thanks for the comments! Feel free to give me a call or email sometime. 3038849847 Info@netpositive.co I am still learning and would love to chat with you as well.
Sure, throw a couple solar panels on the bimini to re-charge. Should only take about 3 years to get enough charge to get you around the lake again. This is not a trolling motor using a couple of 20 amp hour wheelchair batts. Seriously. That motor is sucking more juice than your entire block under acceleration and fast cruise.
I thought the four-blade racing prop might be a bit aggressive, the three blade gives you the "jump to lightspeed" we all know and love. Awesome project and must be a blast to drive.
I havn't seen much video's regarding the electric type or convertion to electric power vids and I must say this is the best vid I have ever seen and the best thing is I speed. I think by minimising some of the weight on te boat will rocket you speed and bring down your power consumtion and lengthen you time on the water. I think there is a hell of a future for you in this industry and best of luck forward. Maybe I will come apon a product of your design that I will enjoy using.
It's a Curtis 1239E Motor controller. It's really slick, it even has connections for all kinds of safety interlocks etc. I bought mine from thunderstruck-EV.com. They're available in different voltage and current configurations this one can take up to 170 V and 500 A
hi love your work! i wish you would join forces with a outboard manufacturer to create this one in a series to be sold. As well as a battery package and diagrams to adapt to people who already own solar panels at home. Create "removable"batter sets so one is charging while the other is been used. Can u share actual run time with your setting? thanks
I think you've created something many would purchase. I don't care what others say, electric is the future. boats have long been polluters and there's a big need for a boat like this. they have multi million dollar electric yachts. a ski boat slash tender is an awesome idea
I love this idea I'm glad it worked out great but a typical gas and does not idle at 1000 rpms and idles at about 5 to 600 RPMs anything higher than that will cause damage to the forward and reverse selector also you need to switch over to a hydraulic trim this will help you plane easier and then you can change the pitch on the engine itself the cruise better at speed
I've had a motorboat most of my adult life and they've all been outboards that would be something really cool not to hear the engine running I was happy when I bought the forestroke it was a lot quieter But this is a whole new level of quiet.
Great job! I have a little less ambitious idea to convert a smaller outboard with a golf cart motor, for a 14 foot sailboat. Would you have a suggestion about a simple motor/battery combo? Thanks!
You have a new sub my man! I used to have a business, Advanced Power Products Ltd., selling an electric tractor up here in Nova Scotia, Canada and I love all things electric. I'm very impressed as well, with what you have going on in the electric world. I wish there were more like minded people where I live. I see you have a Mean Green mower...how do you like it? I am looking forward to "catching up" with your RU-vid site as time permits...so far so good! Cheers, John ;)
They don't look pretty but they have plenty of penetration that's all that matters you, Poser! Bet you never welded anything in your life, other than jumper cables on your neighbours truck hood on accident ya kook!
I love it! Great job on a great project. Looks like your welder needed a couple more batteries to get good penetration on that aluminum plate. lol It appears that you are certainly smarter than me, and likely don't need the advice, but if you preheat your aluminum plate with a torch or in the oven, you'll get by with a smaller welder. Again, great job. Subscribed.
Without the Dilithium Crystals you're toast anyway. You have the magnafluxer of course? What I love about this guy is that the next step might be an elevator or excavator or whatever, and he just builds that too. It's brains that will make America great again, if they're allowed to play, and they want to play, in a lopsided game.
But 240v for a sport boat application should be an option, but not the standard. Unless someone want to use their dryer cord to charge their boat..not real practical, unless you can pull into a Tesla station and charge there. But then the Catastrophic converter might blow. She'd just be getting way too too much Captain..
Neat concept and application but I am curious about the plain boat for use with a conventional motor. Where can I get information on the rigid inflatable ? Thanks and best wishes on your projects ! - Don
Great boat and nice video! I can tell a lot of work went into it. I've been wanting to do an electric boat for years. I'm not so sure you can technically call it solar powered if the the solar system is separate? Also how do you find the curtis controllers? Have you tried tweaking many of the parameters?
Thanks for watching! I would encourage you to go electric! I do call it solar powered because 100% of the electricity I've ever charged it with is from my solar panels. Also, I have a 620 watt solar bimini top which can charge it directly. (See Worlds best electric boat update to see this under construction.) I got the controller from thunderstruck motors. Also check out HPEVS.com I've had to program everything to match my parameters.
Curtis Controller? WOW what strings did you have to pull to get the programing hardware / software? Or did you just pay someone to program it? I've tried working with a Curtis distributor for my DIY project and didn't have really good results. They want me to put a ton of money down upfront for programing equip.
That is the coolest idea. I mean I fish, but I just use the boat to get to different parts of the lake. I like bank-fishing. Just easier to get from point a to point z
How the DC voltage from battery powered the AC 3-ph motor? What the devices (controller and etc?) used ? What component should we consider for all system or could you give the reference so i can learn about the system?
Wow awesome, how long will it run at half throttle and full power on a single charge? And how many miles will it go at half throttle and full throttle?
Long and slender boat better to get on the plane. Too much weight on the back of the boat. With LCG that far back. 2nd test much better. The foil actually also increases the boat length artificially. Would love to try this out on our Foil Assisted boats!
I couldn't listen to most of the audio so you may have answered this. How many runs can you do on one charge? I know Correct Craft could only do 6 minutes no wake to the course followed by three runs and then another six minute no wake speed back to the dock.
Did you do an endurance test, to see how far you could go on a single charge? How much did the batteries weigh? Fully loaded, my boat carries 58gal of fuel, and has a 200hp engine. So I carry 353lbs of fuel. I can cruise at 20 knots for almost 9hrs at 2800rpm. My boat weighs about 4500lbs fully loaded.
What is the battery endurance you achieved for towing a skier as you demonstrated? Or putting around the lake with two adults and a child onboard? Can you put it in practical terms, not just amp hours.
Seems to me the oil leaked oil when positioned in a way it not made to be placed, not to also mention it adds weight on top with the cooling system needing to be installed to cool the hot oil.
