T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Jet ski conversion tips?

Monday, July 12, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] Jet ski conversion tips?

wing in ground effect machines are licensed as boats not airplanes. Takes much more energy to part water than air,Stubby wing much less drag than an airplane.

8 seater 90 knots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSeZ1eQzDvI&feature=PlayList&p=AC38B3B28C04D9DE&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=19
wish I had one

this one is available for 14 thousand dollars
http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/new-zealand-inventor-offers-flying-boat-for-14k/Z2ZGHAqH9VplwZjESwwCZA
wings are a bit large though - almost an airplane

This one is a hovercraft/WIG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqxygnJIQVo

This one is a 5 seater and is in production they say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irbxWLJOjP8
typically cruise a half wing length above water burning 25 liters per hour 800 km range
I think that works out to near 20MPG at 120mph

zoom 50 miles offshore fish for a bit and zoom back in an afternoon

From: Hthis one is a hovercraft/WIGans Kloepfer <hanskloepfer@yahoo.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 1:00:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Jet ski conversion tips?

Rob,

Here are some links to a homebuilt electric jetski.

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=lawYVI3HUIQ&NR=1
http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=QYKE5hQnXbM

Possible, but probably expensive to get good performance.

Good luck,
Hans

--- On Sun, 7/11/10, rkmcafee <rob_mcafee@yahoo. com> wrote:

From: rkmcafee <rob_mcafee@yahoo. com>
Subject: [Electric Boats] Jet ski conversion tips?
To: electricboats@ yahoogroups. com
Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 9:52 PM

Hi,

I'm a new member and joined to learn what I can about converting a 2-stroke jet ski to use an electric motor. Is it even possible to convert such a boat to electric without sacrificing performance? Or is this a complete pipe dream?

Here are the current performance specs for the sake of comparison. The current engine is a 650 cc motor that makes around 90 hp, turning a 15 degree impeller at around 6000 rpm at full throttle. The hull is about 7 ft long by 2 ft wide, with around 6 inch draft when moving at half-speed or faster. It has a top speed of close to 45 mph.

Any thoughts? I'm mostly interested if this is theoretically possible, so for now, cost isn't the issue.

Thanks,
Rob