Hangkai 48V 1200W Electric Outboard Motor Testing and Review

I got tired of paying $42 to rent a slow trolling motor and battery everytime I go fishing at my local park. I decided to buy a Hankai "5 HP" electric outboard motor from Amazon and test it out with one of my eBike batteries. I doubt it's actually 5 HP, but it certainly scoots the boat along much faster than the trolling motor.. More testing and upgrades to come!

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[Picklezaregood]

Great video pat! looks fun And just realised you hit 10K😁

[organicoceans]

I did a similar thing. I own this same outboard except I used my surron battery. Its 67.2 volts full and runs this hangkai outboard motor perfect for over 4 hours. No over heating. I use it in salt water only for the dinghy on the back of my sailboat. (I just rinse after every use) Had it for 4 years now and still works great. Only had to replace prop shaf seal after first year, then I used 90wt oil. Little noise for electric but I love it

[helicrashpro]

The "A" setting is a power off position that locks the key in the lock so it does not fall out.

[talon]

5.0 is probably the model number. I' might look into this. I have 55 lb thrust Minn Kota now.
Great video.

[HUJUism]

That's why I love 48v. Just so many uses for those batteries.

[SaltwaterChicken]

Picked up the 43.3 inch long shaft version, to try instead of using underpowered trolling motor for getting sailboat in and out of slip with more control. For some reason long shaft version was even cheaper. Taken it out 6 times and so far, blown away with performance. With your background in 48v bikes, you should def follow up with a tear down video. I feel like there would be a lot of interest, “you get what you pay for “ and “if it seems too good to true” will start catching up to owners of these. But replacement parts on the internet also look to be really affordable. But thanks for this one. It nudged me into taking the original plunge

[harrygee]

Did you remember to put gear oil in the lower unit ? All the hankai motors I have bought in the past have came with no gear oil for transport ?. Even though it's electric it still has a geared lower end unlike the little trolling motors you used at the start of the video. Hope this helps.

[chocolate-oukq]

Please do a long term test video of the motor. Interesting to know how many hours it will last

[tonycamplin]

It looked great and pushed that big heavy boat at such a fast speed. For normal use you'd only want to go at about half that speed (2mph) at the most so the battery would last much longer. I suspect that the other position on the ignition switch is for accessories.

[wheeldrive]

I found this very interesting. I’m looking to get a small aluminum fishing boat for the small lakes and ponds in Vermont. I had assumed I’d get a small HP outboard motor for moving around plus a trolling motor for fishing, but this little guy might be all I need. I wish you had shown how noisy or quiet the motor is at trolling speeds, and maybe how long the battery would last at lower speeds. I guess it would just be a matter of having enough Amphours of batteries. Lithium batteries would have a big weight advantage, but would probably cost more than the motor itself.

[davetelling]

Keep in mind, at 746 watts/1 hp (assuming 100% efficiency) there is no way that motor could be anywhere close to 5HP. From another video, the motor rating was 1200 watts, which is about 1.7 HP.

[ragdolltrucking]

im impressed by the amount of electric "stuff" you get for the price, it seems like it would cost more to make one

[dalvenable]

Nice video, look into the lithium iron phosphate batteries. I have a 48 volt cake battery 20ah 2000 watt on my DIY scooter and get 100 miles on the throttle per charge. great power and range with these new batteries.

[sylvaingagnon]

Oh great! A cruise control and no frikin’ kill switch. Good thinking!

[beesboys]

i have been thinking about getting two of these for my boat and doing duel outboards

[MmmHuggles]

If I had to guess, this is just ebike stuff shoved into an outboard format. Would probably sell direct from China for like $100 or so. Really smart actually. Repurposing already highly available and cheap parts to make something new and useful.

[formulaish]

Sounds like you need to add oil to the lower gear case - from what I have seen they do not ship them with oil in the lower gearbox - it sounds very noisy

[cameraman]

If I build a boat when I have kids someday, I'm going to build an electric brushless Jet pump outboard. Yeah if your pulling 25 Amps at 52 volts, that's only 1.74 Horsepower. Sounds like that trolling motor was only pulling 600 Watts as most of the 55 LBS Thrust motors do which is just under 1 horsepower. Just be weary the controller will limit the current going to the motor. If you upgrade the controller you could get more current thus more power, maybe look up the motor online to see if it has a datasheet. Pushing more current will require possibly more cooling just keep that in mind. Even so, nice little outboard! The real way you could prove the current draw is with a clamp meter.

[makecoolstuff]

Looks good! Thanks for posting this video.

[kayb]

Yes. If you add up how fast boat rentals add up a new boat is often the correct answer. I know it was for me.