Your experience couldn't be better timed for me Egbert. I've just purchased the 18kw electric motor kit from Thunderstruck for a 37' Gin Fizz (pretty heavy at 9,5 tonnes). Also plan to run off a 48V battery bank. I have a thrust bearing fitted already and a variable pitch Ewol prop. I'm installing myself and in the process of designing the motor mounting bracket. I am thinking of mounting as a direct drive to the prop shaft and making pitch adjustments on the prop to get it to spin up to speed but have no experience of this at all - it just seems logical to my engineering brain. It would also be possible to install with belt drive but I thought why add the extra parts if not necessary. Alignment needs to be more accurate but I will build in some fine adjustment system to get this right.
Thunderstruck have been great so far - very responsive, they recommended this size motor - and the motor kit arrived in France from California a week after ordering!
Anyway your experience gives me some reassurance as I was wondering if the motor would be powerful enough. Let me know If I can contact you separately - I'm interested in your overall experience and what kind of set up you have - energy source, energy storage...
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