Rideable Electric Speed Boat Build - PART 1

We are going to build a rideable electric speed boat and in today's video I am modifying a gas outboard motor to fully electric.

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Music:
Maniamaster - Lupus Nocte

[eightfold]

Love this channel because you never really know what to expect for the next video aside from the fact that it'll most likely involve electric motors and will be hilarious

[thebudgetgamer]

You should have used the original mounting bracket for the outboard engine as it serves as steering pivot

[jaketus]

I think you should use semi-flexible coupler between the engine and drive shafts, just in case they aren't perfectly aligned (and they never are), which might destroy bearings in the long run.

[rocketeerz]

Hello! Love your channel! FYI, the bottom end of the outboard motor should have some gear oil inside. You may want to check that its still there or you could risk burning up the gears and bearings. There should be a drain bung and a fill port that unscrew and may help efficiency if you use a lighter weight oil.

[dfgaJK]

Why not use the original motor's pivot? Why 3d print a new one?

[jimix]

At 50v and 33kv you are at 1600rpm and with the reduction you'll have about 850rpm at the propeller. With that outboard lower unit you are forced to use a small prop so you will be grossly underproped. It would be wise to either increase your battery voltage, change the reduction ratio or even ditch the outboard and build the boat with an inboard engine configuration, which will be way more efficient allowing you to use a direct drive and a way larger propeller.

[PopcornPapiii]

Been waiting for the part 2 of this build…

[AntonMakesStuff]

Cool, will be very exciting to follow this! Regarding the cavitation: there might be holes or tubes going from the underwater parts to where the old motor was, this is for exausts and maybe water cooling. It might be that the propeller is sucking air down through these tubes, that happened for me when I did a conversion :)

[mdoyle]

Congratulations on the new house! Love your content and looking forward to seeing what you do with the new shop area.

[dries-pederjanse]

I like this channel, good explanation of all subjects and you show the thinking process and failures.

[carlwest]

The formulae is to take an existing design or product and modify the design through reverse engineering, simplification and inexperience while utilizing modern technology, video editing and humor. Most entertaining channel and he has me hooked.

[fastSPX_]

hi, I don't think the propeller you printed is actually toroidal. It looks more like it's a regular propeller but with a hole in the blade if that makes sense. The point of toroidal propellers is that the extrados of the blade on the lower half becomes the intrados on the upper half, and vice-versa. So the blade sort of curls back to the propeller shaft. Look closer at the blade "tip" of toroidal propellers if my explanation isn't clear, they're not the same as the one you printed.

[Hybert_]

You really should get into bending metal to stop printing 10 cm thick plastic XD Great video

[hilbrandenherder]

Hi! Great concept.
Why not use the original bracket for steering?
And what happend to the impeller? Did you take it out or are you going to use it for cooling the motor/speedcontroller?

[NmArtist]

11:26 happy that you are building the most important “thing” of your life…. A family❤

[datalorian]

Congratulations on the house. Looking forward to seeing lots of videos on the process of getting your new space set up! Would like to see you get a plasma table in the future, your crazy ideas armed with a plasma table I can't imagine what you wouldn't be able to do. Cheers!

[crashannburnFPV]

Great video. I do have to admit that I miss the RC stuff. The FPV videos is one of the reasons I got into the FPV hobby.

[LankyFrank]

Someone needs to sponsor this man and send him some nice tools. Though the jank is part of the charm of this channel. It's always a surrpise.

[adamreynolds]

Heating up the PLA and forming it after assembly was a really smart idea!

[wibbledee]

I like your copper wire wrapping trick, that's a new one for me!