DeaninMilwaukee
1 mW
- Joined
- Jan 20, 2011
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My wife and I use some inexpensive 10 ft " sport " kayaks for some recreational boating and are looking for some power assist to extend our range on these slow kayaks.
A trolling type submerged motor would not be a good choice due to the shallow and log/weed infested areas we frequent, so we are looking at an air propeller assist instead. What I had in mind was to use one of the myriad of low cost quadcopter setups available from Hobby King. Mounting will be easy, mount the motor in a milk crate ( for safety ) and bungee the crate to the kayak.
My question is how much thrust do I really need? We are not looking to boat without padding, more like help to raise the average speed at the same effort we are already doing. There are lots of inexpensive setups in the 1/2 to 1 kg thrust range, but is that enough?
Thanks,
Dean
A trolling type submerged motor would not be a good choice due to the shallow and log/weed infested areas we frequent, so we are looking at an air propeller assist instead. What I had in mind was to use one of the myriad of low cost quadcopter setups available from Hobby King. Mounting will be easy, mount the motor in a milk crate ( for safety ) and bungee the crate to the kayak.
My question is how much thrust do I really need? We are not looking to boat without padding, more like help to raise the average speed at the same effort we are already doing. There are lots of inexpensive setups in the 1/2 to 1 kg thrust range, but is that enough?
Thanks,
Dean