Have mounted several Minn-Kota and motor Guide motors to rudders over the last 10-12 years with great success if speed is not too important. 36 volt, roughly 101 pound thrust gave top speed of 4.5 mph on a 2600 pound British twin keeled cruiser. Throttled back to about 2 mph, 3 of 12 volt deep cycle batteries gave about 15 mile range. Motors were faired into the rudders to reduce drag, not bolted on. Manouverability was excellent.
Dave Brooks
--- On Mon, 6/1/09, Dennis Larson <dennislarson1939@
From: Dennis Larson <dennislarson1939@
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Minn Kota engine mounted electric motor
To: electricboats@
Received: Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:35 PM
Mark,
What was the general conclusion about the prospect of attaching a "Minn-pod" to the rudder? And did anyone try it?
Dennis
--- On Sat, 5/30/09, Mark Stafford <mstafford@natca. net> wrote:
From: Mark Stafford <mstafford@natca. net>
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Minn Kota engine mounted electric motor
To: electricboats@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 3:51 AM
Dennis,
Mark Stafford remembering the gleeful enthusiasm some folks here were talking about last year: mounting the Minn-pod (or other trolling motor body) on the rudder. Improved maneuvering, zero speed steering, thrust vectoring. Weeeeee!
Mark
--- In electricboats@ yahoogroups. com, "dennislarson1939" <dennislarson1939@ ...> wrote:
>
> Minn Kota makes a series of electric motors that are designed to mount on the cavitation plate of an outboard motor. Has anyone tried, or do any of you have thoughts on, attaching one to the hull, for a much much less expensive Re-e-power pod? Would you put it where the prop was on a sailboat or someplace else on the hull?
> Thank you.
>
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