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Originally Posted by danjor
I had been thinking about adding a motor to one of my kayaks for a couple years now, I know some people hate the idea of a motorized kayak but whatever, I don't have money for a boat so my kayak is my yacht. Anyways I never liked the options for motors, one hand you have the torqueedo which in my opinion is noisy and expensive and you can only use their battery. Other option is a trolling motor which is way overpowered, heavy, bulky and inefficient.
Finally I think we may have another option, the T200 from blue robotics which is currently in there last day of a kick starter campaign. If they reach there next stretch goal they will make the T200 thruster which is a brushless 10lbs thrust ducted motor that is pretty efficient, weights about a pound, has a integrated speed controller that is aundrino compatible.
I'm put in my pledge for one so I can play around with it. My goal is to turn it into a efficient trolling motor style motor with a waterproof servo steering.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...water-thruster
I know the delivery date for the thruster is a while out but is anyone else interested in something like this? |
Hey mate,
Did you ever go for these T200 thrusters on your kayak? If so, how were the results? Did you manage to get it to work with the speeds you described? I'm thinking of doing the same, with an inflatable kayak, and could use your help / tips.
Thanks
JB