bought another electric motor (trolling)

[MetroMPG]

:)

Someone was selling a used 17 lb thrust Minnkota like this for $30. Couldn't stop myself...

I don't fish, but there's no shortage of boats (& batteries) around here to play with this.

[Matt Timion]

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:)

Someone was selling a used 17 lb thrust Minnkota like this for $30. Couldn't stop myself...

I don't fish, but there's no shortage of boats (& batteries) around here to play with this.

Put it in the forkenswift :P

[Bill in Houston]

Make a hybrid pedal powered boat!

[MetroMPG]

You know I want to... Sigh.

So.. many... projects... Must FO..CUS..!

[Silveredwings]

How 'bout a for-canoe? Forken-ewe? :D

[SVOboy]

How much do these usually cost?

[Bill in Houston]

Regular pedal boats with the paddle wheels seem really inefficient. If the generator had some gearing then you could adjust the pedaling speed and effort to whatever you wanted...

Anyway, I know you have other priorities. I just think it's cool that you might find an innovative use for the little boat motor.

[usedgeo]

I've got the motor and the canoe.
Now what do I do?

Maybe I should put the new bike in the canoe.

Actually I thought that this motor might run hot if not immersed in cold water. I bought one too.

[JanGeo]

yeah they are water cooled, not very efficient and have brushes that eventually wear out and carbon up the insides like crazy. I was working with eCycle a few years ago redesigning a brushless version for Johnson that never took off.

[MetroMPG]

Made a "tri-brid" this weekend (wind/gas/electric)

[MetroMPG]

How much do these usually cost?

Used? I checked a few eBay auctions and saw $30-$60 for this type of motor. Plus shipping.

[MetroMPG]

How 'bout a for-canoe? Forken-ewe? :D

Guess what I tried this weekend?

[MetroMPG]

May I present....

The Forkanoe (or whatever SW dubbed it :D).

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Dope! :thumbup: How fast can you two go together?

[MetroMPG]

Not really sure. I'm kind of hypermiling it.

[Silveredwings]

That's pertty cool. :thumbup:

I'm not sure but $30 - $60 would probably be less than registeration and taxes in MA. :(

Still, It'd be nice to have on my canoe on this lake (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=lake+monomonac+,+nh&sll=42.719568,-71.985222&sspn=0.001825,0.003589&ie=UTF8&ll=42.713093,-71.992378&spn=0.058398,0.114841&t=k&z=13&om=1).

...or maybe I should put one on my Force5 as a generator and charge up the battery (yes, that's assuming I make the huge sacrifice of sailing all day) ;)

[Silveredwings]

On the high setting, it goes faster than I could paddle! Doesn't quite get up and plane ;)
Maybe with 4 of 'em? :D

[MetroMPG]

Would you seriously have to register an electric canoe?

I went for a long (maybe 10 km) solo canoe trip across the lake to a hiking trail today. Used the motor about half the trip.

Power storage courtesy of 2 of the junky floodies the forklift company donated. Biggest downside: weight. Those 2 batteries weigh more than the canoe!

[bear15]

Yes, but they are nice when they are working with a head wind.

Would you seriously have to register an electric canoe?

I went for a long (maybe 10 km) solo canoe trip across the lake to a hiking trail today. Used the motor about half the trip.

Power storage courtesy of 2 of the junky floodies the forklift company donated. Biggest downside: weight. Those 2 batteries weigh more than the canoe!

[skewbe]

Got this on ebay for $10, (paid twice that in shipping).

We were paddling the squareback canoe last weekend and trying to fish in a breeze, wasn't working too well.

Also, I too am looking for any excuse to say I have an electric only vehicle :) I came pretty close to doing the gomi bike. The wife would have KILLED me if I brought a motorcycle home though, money aside...

http://www.gassavers.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=827&stc=1&d=1186965057

[MetroMPG]

Yeah, breezy conditions made for interesting times with mine too.

What's the rating on your motor? Thrust lbs? Looks similar to mine in size.

[skewbe]

I'm guessing 10lbs, top speed won't be much but it should run for a while even without many speeds to choose from. Might get interesting if I take the canoe on the metro then use the metro battery to run the canoe, i.e. park on a large hill and cross fingers :)

[MetroMPG]

Well considering I ran mine almost exclusively on the lowest power setting (1 out of 4, where 4 = 17 lbs), I'm guessing it was delivering probably more like 5 lbs.

Unfortunately, I don't have a boat suitable to use it now. The canoe I used it on came with the cottage we rented in July.

[MetroMPG]

Forgot to mention that I did a rough calculation of top speed on flat water with no wind, and it was something around 8 km/h (5 mph).

[MetroMPG]

The gas motor on the 24 foot sailboat that I race on gave up the ghost on Tuesday, so I brought down the Minn Kota and the old starting batt from the ForkenSwift for last night's race.