I have a quick question for those of you who have done an outboard conversion. Were you able to use the reversing electric motor for reverse or do you have to use the mechanical reverse via the gearbox?
Colin Girvan
BC Canada
--- On Fri, 10/16/09, tmarks11 <no_reply@yahoogroup
From: tmarks11 <no_reply@yahoogroup
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Small leg question
To: electricboats@
Received: Friday, October 16, 2009, 10:16 PM
I would recommend either an Etek (brushed) or Mars (brushless version of the Etek). Both are PMDC motors, with relatively high power to weight ratios. Since they are PMDC, they are more efficient then their (larger, heavier) cousins like an Advanced DC motor with field windings.
Both motors are manufactured by Mars Electric, who bought the design from Briggs & Stratten when they ceased production of the Etek.
http://www.marselec tricllc.com/ me07081.html
The how? The simplest way is how Jim did it here:
http://www.psnw. com/~jmrudholm/ etekoutboard. html
Two aluminum plates gave offset above the top of the outboard lower unit, providing room for a spider coupling ("Love-Joy coupling") to mate the spline on the outboard to the shaft of the motor.
The brushed DC could use a variety of inexpensive golf-cart style controllers. The brushless is more expensive, since it requires a special controller that can take DC and produce a smooth multi-phase AC output to the motor. Mars sells a version for $350. You can buy a SEVCON PMAC brushless controller for $450.
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