Gotcha, might go for the EML 3 wing prop or the folding prop then, I dont want to drill down an existing prop, that seems like work and probably too much on my plate for this buiild. Thanks so much for that advice
Yes you can cut it out but I think even the smallest blank is too long, I would not go above 1.6m in lenght and 65cm in widht. A board with 100l is easy enough to learn. Clearwater has smaler blanks, 5’0“ or 5‘6“.
See this post: What are your thoughts on the clearwater foil board - #7 by SoEFoil
94 or 82l volume.
Well, i have only seen one build with it and that was with a big board (less sinked, lower drag to get moving), small battery and heavily cut down prop.
In efoil it’s a must to produce the torque and speed to build enough thrust, inrunners are way weaker than similar sized outrunners in this regard. The 65161 is more than enough (=foolproof) while i don’t know the limits for the 65121 (how heavy rider, how small board, how fast wing, how much waves can be acceptable)
With the 6516x you almost cannot fail with your build and this is why it’s recommended. 
Another note is that you cannot trust the chinese motor specs, some are roughly true, some are 100% fake - so if there aren’t multiple succesful builds with a particular setup then you take a risk that what you get won’t work.
The front wing surface and rider weight are also important. @jeffM, when you draw 18A flying x3.7x12 = 800W, what is your take-off power with your Veloce XXL (1900cm2 ?) with the different props : cut Yamaha, Flying Rodeo 3 blade, Fliteboard ?
Gotcha… so I’m gonna stick with the 65161. I was just wondering how powerful the 65121 was incase I wanted to build a eSUP or something in the future (I’m addicted).
I think I might go for the Clearwater blanks too, just to make this thing really pretty (plus the blanks are pretty cheap, might come out to the same price as just getting a normal board). Not sure how I’m going to build the box or waterproof yet, gonna watch more videos today to figure it out. Thanks so much for your help, I was half expecting to be shut down by this community and sent home telling me to learn more before coming here or something. Gonna buy that kit today just to set the project in stone and make myself commit to it lol.
For anybody that want to buid cheap and local you also have the home hot-wired cut 2019 @Clarin way, job finished by @Vincentbraillard. I hope they will chime in …
'Videos of electric hydrofoils around the world - #192 by Vincentbraillard
If you are shopping for a package deal this might interest you.
its actually cheaper to buy everything seperate for some reason…
Just got the 75300 water cooled, new 65161 with thread, and remote for 775 after that big shipping punch
I thought you said you were going with 65161 motor.
The 65121 is 1/2 the $ of the 65161 so that’s likely where your pricing difference came from.
Sorry I meant the 65161.
I’m curious how you got a Flipsky 65161 with prop, 75300 and their VX3 for less than the Group 7 price?
here was the cost breakdown
The remote adds $150 to the price in the group order, while only being $100 on site, etc
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Thanks for that.
My assumption was the “Group” pricing was better than individual part discounted pricing.
I went for the Group 7 deal and am quite pleased with the products. I tank tested the 65161 120 motor with the included prop a few days ago and after some gentle run ups I gave it full throttle and expelled most of the water in my tank in a few seconds. LOTS of zoom zoom!!
Buyer beware on the pricing I guess 
yeah i was going to go with the group pricing too, I just wanted to stay below $800 as I had a giftcard I wanted to use. You arent saving that much by doing individual pricing, but you do save. I also went without the prop ($30 cheaper) as people said the included prop does not perform well / optimized for efoiling. Have you finished ur efoil? Im super stoked to work on mine!
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Not finished yet but closing in. Ice just went of our lake a few weeks ago so not in a BIG a hurry 
Looking forward to the adventure as well!!
Mind posting some pictures / build details/spec? Would love to know the route u took / skills
Route was fairly common I think. I looked at the Foildrive product and after reading a bunch of posts here I decided that I could likely spend less $, get a more versatile product and have the enjoyment of putting it together over a long winter.
I had a wing foiling setup already so just made something that I can hopefully use to get up wing foiling with less effort, have the safety factor of self rescue and on no wind days have an efoil to play on.
I have used the recommendation from Flipsky to do the initial configuration via PPM direct from PC to USB of the VESC (in my case 75200) then went immediately to a UART connection via their Bluetooth module and Android tablet so I can make changes or monitor RTD near or on the water, UART mode also displays more info on the VX3 display. I had some initial configuration quirks but traced that to a bad solder connection on one of the motor wires. PPM is fine I just wanted what I felt was value add from UART.
Enjoy the learning journey.
A scam borrowed from supermarket guys - the pack of two jars of mustard at “an incredible price” is often more expensive (price per quantity lbs, kg, flo) than that of two jars taken individually. Beware 
Hey mind I ask one more thing. Or just in general to anyone. I’m going to be buying some foil stuff from Slingshot today, we have a partnership with them and we get 50% off everything. I was looking at this:
However I’m not sure if the wing size is appropriate for efoiling? I’d he getting it for $300 though, which is a deal. Should i just get one of the $1000 surf foil bottoms instead? Would that be worth it? Thanks so much for the help, yall.
Curious about what you decided to do.
$300 for that setup would be hard to pass on.
The Hoverglide product is easily altered by having multiple foils for different riding profiles of course that involves 