Water wheel boat

[MucusFelidae]

Don't they splash on you?

[funkgerat]

Noisy and inefficient. You can get much better performance and longer battery life with propellers.

[spicoli17]

are you using 24v servo motors?

[romainelettuce2]

thats like a lazy guy's canoeing lol

[Lukeidea]

that is awesome :p



[theAngelofhevn]

is that RC?

[goodbyelonglive44]

its good for a small boat...but I wonder how it will work for a larger ship...but its great for differential steering..

[jazonminer]

your future modifications will be great; however, I love the sound it makes!

[jasanpahaf]

do you get wet at full power? 0:56

[fingimygig]

Looks like a damp ride.. great on a hot day i guess... Very novel but there is a reason they dont use rotary paddles anymore.. You cant beat the efficiency of the screw propellor. How is this for an idea... if you have time on your hands.. Use the pump out of a dishwasher.. sounds strange but it is a compund water turbine and would make an excelent water jet.

[blingdorkle]

that rocks

[N3xT0rr]

propeller would be better

[drewricomakeubu1]

How to make?

[yuhcgte]

thats neat

[sandysathish]

small boy...when v r using this water will touch out...and in that 2nd wheel mack problem soon............

[KenMacMillan]

If I built one it would splash me in the face. You did a great job though!

[stephentorogi]

i dont get it, how does it run?

[bananian]

LOL, that's awesome :)

[kurisu925]

I think you should put it on the rear of the craft and instead of having one reverse direction to make it turn make it have a speed difference to make a turn. This way you don't lose foward momentum during the turn. Also this way all of the splashing would be behind you.

[Prayerefire]

The geese don't seem to impressed.  Looks cool though.

[Hikapus]

I speak with them, then they are so irritated that they forget to swim away.

[valveman12]

Das ist fantastik

[XXdetonator890]

I'd like to put one on my twelve foot fishing boat, but with hand cranks instead of electric motors

[s28400]

Make the weels bigger it will give more power

[Hikapus]

I have made the scoop sizes. I also have Fenders constructed. Unfortunately I have not had time to upload the video.

[xcr1msonx]

@Hikapus not to be rude but just pop the video on the comp do 2 minutes of editing and start uploading and walk away? total of 15 minutes the most.

[gamerz1]

@s28400 "it will give more power" yes but need also more power to turn ;)

[ikweetffgeennaam]

whahaha very very funny

[PLASTERM66]

Look, in the XIX century, it did prove that the propellers were more efficient that the wheels

[MelbourneBullDog]

water dosent get in the boat?

[0815tobey]

wow cool thing.

It needs a steam engine!

[celsocorbelia]

O cara anda de barco e toma banho de tanta agua que joga na cara dele

e um gringo burro

[iliveforthis13EN]

This is cool, but it's a known fact that a propellor is more effecient

[vipondiu]

Yea, much more efficient but not as cool XD

[56TonyT]

Do you power the water paddles with an electric battery and motor? How do you have it geared? How does it work? How did you decide how to make it?

[vivitar45]

there ging to fast just splashing the water my be a slower speed

[Hikapus]

I have enlarged the wheel shovel, so I have more strength in the water. Full gas really makes no big sense!

[sgcromer]

cool, i know he had fun making it and playing with it. but you could sink the boat with that much water flying around. that looked fun but it's useless.

[proximu]

paddles are better

[trunk516]

So it's a battery powered paddle boat..right?? How does this rate a video?

[sagebrushwy]

in america we use props.....lol....but I'm going to call that the Obama boat...lol

[hika3032]

Hei echt cool!

Meude mau we Du wiedr uf d'see wosch.

Ohni Lärm u Benziin ... dr zukunft vo Wohlesee!

[josephdupont]

what is your range.. and average speed.

[Hikapus]

2 hours in full speed, speed 7km. In slow speed without to take a shower 3-4 hours.

[UkWide774]

that's brilliant, very effecient way of travelling and something i wouldn't mind making myself, well done :)

[marceltony]

what powers it??

[Hikapus]

2 battery 12Volt and a lot of ampere

[theshipman]

It looked like the hull was wood. And PADDELWHEELS, I'd looove to have a boat like that.....

[Hikapus]

no problem, you can buy it if you like! you can

put the motor in every canoe! :-)

[LocustsOfSteel]

it can turn 380 at 0 mph... The perfect fishing boat for those hard to reach spots!

[Hikapus]

Yes you can, but 360 is enough ;-)

[Gaus212]

Sehr schön, einfache und praktische, es gefällt mir!

[Hikapus]

Danke für die Blumen. Ich habe es inzwischen

schon 3 Mal umgebaut und grössere Schaufeln

montiert und Schutzbleche. Ich werde bei

Gelegenheit die Optimierungen filmisch festhalten.