motors

K2 Motor Test – Oct 3

10/3/12

We tested the new motors and motor mounts today, a beautiful and warm afternoon. We used two kinds of propellers, standard and high speed. We started the test with the standard props, then switched to the high speed ones, and then switched back again. We used the articulating motor mounts to try the motors at different heights relative to the boat hulls and the water level. We also added two-by-fours to the mounts to act as temporary preventers to keep the motors from rising too high. Overall, the motors looked very cool, and the low-speed maneuvering was excellent. We were able to motor the boat around the various other boats at the dock and to back it up with equal ease. However, we were […more]

K2 Motors and Motor Mounts

10/1/12

Greg and Joe built two articulating transom mounts out of carbon fiber, and today they began fitting them both on K2. They built the mounts to hold two Torqeedo motors that each have 378 lbs of static thrust, which should be enough to get K2 up on the foils. The mounts articulate in order to keep the motors high when the boat hulls are in the water and to lower them as the boat foils higher and higher. The motor shafts themselves are shorter than the foiling boat. Mount adjustment is by ropes on a pulley system located inside the mounts. We also purchased high speed props for the motors. If the motors turn out to be capable of high […more]