# Any tips on the first build?

**URL:** https://foil.zone/t/any-tips-on-the-first-build/8461
**Category:** Builds
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://foil.zone/t/any-tips-on-the-first-build/8461 "2020-07-08T01:08:08Z")
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### Author: ![SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/user_avatar/foil.zone/soefoil/32/55_2.png) [@SoEFoil](https://foil.zone/u/SoEFoil)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://foil.zone/t/any-tips-on-the-first-build/8461/30 "2020-09-25T23:22:13Z")

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There’s a 100+ post thread for that: 😉

> **[Prop design share](https://foil.zone/t/prop-design-share/5849)**
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> Hi folks, being the request for 3d printable prop always actual and maybe interesting either for newbies than seasoned Efoilers, why not to gather here some design for the community? Let’s start. I do design with Solidworks starting from a...

Tell us what you think of @JvdZ’s [2 and 3 blade props](https://efoil.builders/t/prop-design-share/5849/103?u=soefoil):

> **[Propeller for efoil 161mm, 65161 flipsky motor by JvdZ](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4599519)**
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> Propeller for DIY efoil, Flipsky Maytech 65161 motor setup with 12mm shaft
> Diameter 161mm, pitch medium
> 3 blade and 2 blade design
> shaft 12mm
> pin 4mm
> hub diameter 53mm
> Yet UNTESTED in water on a efoil. Other prop (143mm) with same blade design is...

Basis specs:  
Diameter: 165mm  
Pitch: medium, no exact numbers  
Blade: 3blade and 2blade design  
shaft: 12mm  
pin: 4mm  
Printed with supports (quite a lot) with a layer height of 0.16mm. Some post-processing is needed.

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