Monday, March 28, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] teeny tiny jet-power

 

You might check out John Zimmerlee's design for a design real close to the one you envision:
 
 
I have been pondering the idea of using a rechargeable drill to drive a small prop for a kayak.
 
 
From: Andrew
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 4:21 PM
Subject: [Electric Boats] teeny tiny jet-power
 
 

Hi all, I`m designing a decked canoe at the mo, and thought to design it around installing twin ducted fans, or axial-flow "jets" - single or twin tunnel fans I suppose - running off .25hp (200w) motors. Thing is I do not want to use a trolling motor (too easy), and can only find info on very large water-jets, has anyone got any experience with this type of drive-train? As its a canoe, my target max speed is 6 knots, and cruise of 4 knots. Projected loa is 13ft, beam 32", dry weight 25kg - she`ll be skin-on-frame with local re-inforcing where needed. As I`ll be beach launching, any installation below the skeg is not an option

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