The technology in Bateries is available ... its the Oil Companies and Lobbyists thats stop it ...at almost 5 dollars a gallon Electric motors can save the boating industry ...
JFYI all the negitive comments are from whiners that wish they we smart enought to build there own. Have you ever given any thought to a VFD? most are availble that will take 120v and give you three phase 220. the motors are dirt cheap, and vfd,s can be found on ebay cheap. touqre at 100 percent at one rpm, and three times motor tag rpm. all this off one twelve volt battery. invert the 12 to 120v add to vfd, wire to motor, and controll with a pot. can even run reverse.
I bet you can get it to go faster, If you change some of the gearing around to spin the prop faster the electric motor should do it. Im not to familure with Out board lowers, but maybe before the electric drive shft connects to the drive shaft in the lower you could put some gears to change up the gears to spin the prop faster with less rpms of the electric motor. Just a thought.
I have a 12 Ft V bottom aluminum. Just for peace and quiet and not messing around with gasoline, I bought a Minn Kota 3HP trolling motor (really big) from and older dude.
Then I had to get a light battery. I went to interstate and they sold me a small battery for electric wheel chairs/hover round things for $ 79.00 , it weighs a fraction of a deep cycle battery.
I ran my boat for 4 hours at top speed (about 6 MPH) and still had half the battery juice left.
No doubt! I love the smell of gasoline in the morning. With my Johnson 9.9, my boat rocks! However, the lake I live on doesn't offer me a choice, I must deal with the hand dealt. Nevertheless, I am still the quickest fish in our small pond.
I didn't really make it, but I did assemble pieces of my own design. I started with a B&S 3HP electric, gutted it, fabricated a new motor mount, put in a Perm PMG 132 motor capable of 72V and 120 Amps, had a new motor/bottom unit coupler built for me at a machine shop, bought a 1965 Johnson 6hp outboard for the prop that turned counter clockwise, had the prop tuned to increase effective pitch, and messed a bunch of stuff up. I just put it all together
@allenhawk1 What's the difference between 10HP gas or electric?? well right: none! You guys keep on comparing apples with oranges. Electric has a huge advantage over gas engines and that is the full torque of the whole rpm range.
@kylegap Not true because you did not consider the extra weight that the electric must carry. I hate when people try to make these caparisons when they forget that ALL things must be equal to make a proper comparison. Add the weight of the batteries to the gas powered one and it will struggle because of the poor torque performance of gasoline engines. Sorry, but electric just has so much torque else trains would not use them to turn the wheels with the diesel just spinning a generator.
@kylegap yea it would be faster but that electric motor would tow your gas motor backwards...high torque on electrics..2200 rpms as opposed to 5500..the gas motor would not make way in a storm but that electric one would keep plugging along in a gale at about the same speed...
@kylegap yeptrue- but that electric motor at 10 hp would tow your 10 hp gas engine boat backwards--they are high torque--not fast but powerful--tugboats use them in D.E. systems....100 torque at 0 rpms..
I too live near a reservation. In the White MOuntains of arizona. So many nice trout lakes but electric motors only. So i am looking at the ecycle for yamaha motors for the 9.9hp engine maybe even higher
I agree, but the numbers are true. It's the 420lbs of batteries that dogs it. I could opt for smaller batteries for better performance, but I have chosen to have an entire day's worth of power. I live on an electric only rez and on day 3 of unveiling my boat, I received a letter from the home owner's association requesting that I stop using a "gas" motor. So, I guess it isn't that far off.
Sounds like a gas motor to me.
leroymoorejr 4 months ago
sweet
mikebikerad 4 months ago
The technology in Bateries is available ... its the Oil Companies and Lobbyists thats stop it ...at almost 5 dollars a gallon Electric motors can save the boating industry ...
TheZazose 10 months ago
JFYI all the negitive comments are from whiners that wish they we smart enought to build there own. Have you ever given any thought to a VFD? most are availble that will take 120v and give you three phase 220. the motors are dirt cheap, and vfd,s can be found on ebay cheap. touqre at 100 percent at one rpm, and three times motor tag rpm. all this off one twelve volt battery. invert the 12 to 120v add to vfd, wire to motor, and controll with a pot. can even run reverse.
advthinker 10 months ago
I bet you can get it to go faster, If you change some of the gearing around to spin the prop faster the electric motor should do it. Im not to familure with Out board lowers, but maybe before the electric drive shft connects to the drive shaft in the lower you could put some gears to change up the gears to spin the prop faster with less rpms of the electric motor. Just a thought.
AllAlaskan907 1 year ago
I have a 12 Ft V bottom aluminum. Just for peace and quiet and not messing around with gasoline, I bought a Minn Kota 3HP trolling motor (really big) from and older dude.
Then I had to get a light battery. I went to interstate and they sold me a small battery for electric wheel chairs/hover round things for $ 79.00 , it weighs a fraction of a deep cycle battery.
I ran my boat for 4 hours at top speed (about 6 MPH) and still had half the battery juice left.
I have yet to use gasoline again.
squizzoo 1 year ago
you wasted your money on that little motor when you could of bought a real outboard for cheaper
saltwaterangler1 1 year ago
@saltwaterangler1 You must not know how to read, he said they do not allow gas powered engines on the lake he lives on.
AllAlaskan907 1 year ago
why does this have almost 50000 views
simsjiujitsu18 1 year ago
What is the rpm max of the motor and gear ratio for your bottom end?
mra992003 1 year ago
vamos vender esse motor no Brasil ?
rogeriofabretti 1 year ago
its basically like a trolling motor on steroids good work
dewalt23293 2 years ago 6
yeah, put a 10HP gas motor on i, you'll see it's like twice faster than this... it's great though for electric.
kylegap 2 years ago
No doubt! I love the smell of gasoline in the morning. With my Johnson 9.9, my boat rocks! However, the lake I live on doesn't offer me a choice, I must deal with the hand dealt. Nevertheless, I am still the quickest fish in our small pond.
allenhawk1 2 years ago
have you made it yourself?
kylegap 2 years ago
I didn't really make it, but I did assemble pieces of my own design. I started with a B&S 3HP electric, gutted it, fabricated a new motor mount, put in a Perm PMG 132 motor capable of 72V and 120 Amps, had a new motor/bottom unit coupler built for me at a machine shop, bought a 1965 Johnson 6hp outboard for the prop that turned counter clockwise, had the prop tuned to increase effective pitch, and messed a bunch of stuff up. I just put it all together
allenhawk1 2 years ago
Oh, I forgot about the new power controller, high voltage contactors and charging/battery monitoring system.
allenhawk1 2 years ago
@allenhawk1 What's the difference between 10HP gas or electric?? well right: none! You guys keep on comparing apples with oranges. Electric has a huge advantage over gas engines and that is the full torque of the whole rpm range.
laterrrrr :-)
hobbyguy 1 year ago
@kylegap Not true because you did not consider the extra weight that the electric must carry. I hate when people try to make these caparisons when they forget that ALL things must be equal to make a proper comparison. Add the weight of the batteries to the gas powered one and it will struggle because of the poor torque performance of gasoline engines. Sorry, but electric just has so much torque else trains would not use them to turn the wheels with the diesel just spinning a generator.
EETechs 1 year ago
@kylegap you are dead wrong there buddy. An electric 10 horse will whoop a gas one. that guys just isn't got the gearing rite.
And electric motor rated at 10HP means it can put that out for many years non stop.
vonzace 5 months ago
@kylegap yea it would be faster but that electric motor would tow your gas motor backwards...high torque on electrics..2200 rpms as opposed to 5500..the gas motor would not make way in a storm but that electric one would keep plugging along in a gale at about the same speed...
porpoisefathom 3 months ago
@kylegap yeptrue- but that electric motor at 10 hp would tow your 10 hp gas engine boat backwards--they are high torque--not fast but powerful--tugboats use them in D.E. systems....100 torque at 0 rpms..
porpoisefathom 1 month ago in playlist Green Boat Designs
is that 10 hp?? more like 3,5
breedam 2 years ago 9
@breedam Wrong.
tomperanteau 5 months ago
I too live near a reservation. In the White MOuntains of arizona. So many nice trout lakes but electric motors only. So i am looking at the ecycle for yamaha motors for the 9.9hp engine maybe even higher
CHARKELLYAZ1818 2 years ago
Well screw the HOA, you screaming on the electric only lake, ask some neighbors to race there minn kotas
ChopperCity47 2 years ago
Nice, but looks like less than 10 hp/ 7000 W
Magnexxxx 3 years ago
I agree, but the numbers are true. It's the 420lbs of batteries that dogs it. I could opt for smaller batteries for better performance, but I have chosen to have an entire day's worth of power. I live on an electric only rez and on day 3 of unveiling my boat, I received a letter from the home owner's association requesting that I stop using a "gas" motor. So, I guess it isn't that far off.
allenhawk1 3 years ago
how much was that boat? we bought one inflatable with 10hp here in Qatar for $3K.
kurtestinoso 3 years ago