grendel

I may have been exaggerating, with the stock 22V 4Ah lithium battery its rated at 1 hour use, (30 mintes continuous flat out) and it is supposed to achieve 3.1mph (5km/h) dragging a human i have put in a 6Ah 22V lithium battery, and I have read the motor is a 500W unit. its about an 8" prop on this beast.

having just done a fully submerged test run in the hot tub, just hanging on to it will be the main issue, I had a nice whirlpool in the hot tub going flat out. now I just need to figure how to mount it and how to make remote controls i reckon this would easily push a dinghy above the broads speed limit flat out.

i was headed to the bootfair when the sun was rising (sadly the bootfair was cancelled, but by eck has it just dropped a load of water just now.

I thought if you bought a boat that was already tolled, you still needed to re-toll it under new ownership?

lovely quiet spot, been there several times

true, I purchased a mop earlier this year to rectify that situation.

I see the mill says sold on waterside website and for a much lower figure than quoted by the EDP (£375,000)

I could use the fin from my paddle board.

sorry, I cant promise that, as its already been half submerged in the hot tub for test runs, that proved to yield a clicking noise as the prop turns, which in turn led me to the prop shroud that had one of the struts misaligned,and protruding into the shroud, that has now been rectified, just awaiting ordering a battery (the £70 one not the £600 one) until it will arrive on a day I am not training in essex.

that is a jolly good question, if it was on a dinghy, it would be the same as using an electric trolling motor.

actually yes it was a 22V lithium pack, and they are available, but £579.00 is just a bit expensive. interesting how you seperate the case, you attach a pump and pump it to 10psi, and the seal pops open. I dont need to look for a stash of cells, I do still have 38 left of the original box of 100 second hand cells i bought a while back, all matched to within 100mah capacity, this needs 6 cells in series, so I have the capability of building a 12Ah pack from those (6 in series 6x parallel), I just need to 3d print a support structure for them, or I can spend £70 and buy a ready made pack from a radio control place.

Today at the boot fair I managed to get a seadoo scooter, (basically a one person propulsion unit for water use) I got it suspecting that the battery would be dead, and with no charger, so it was no surprise to find the battery missing entirely, not a problem, I can build a new one( not about to spend £600 on a replacement) I have tested it on a 20v tool battery and it runs.

I can just imagine the quay attendants on a dull dday going out and telling them they have overstayed their 24 hours, only to be told they have no propulsion due to a lack of sunshine, and no charging cable.

you can see from the tide mark on the bridge just how low the water level was below normal there, a good 10"

eiher the top gun theme (danger zone) or livin on a prayer. ooh ooh were halfway there.