Hello,
I am just starting my foil assist build using the 6384 outrunner with a 12s3p battery.
I can find a lot of information here in this forum. But:
What kind of propellers are You using?
foil drive - three blade,
propellerking - two or three blade,
or is there a design of a 3D printed propeller that works just printed (without glass or carbon layer)
I haven’t ridden 12S3P yet. With 10S3P it was between 25-30 minutes. I can’t tell you the distance because I didn’t have a Garmin watch at the time.
With my 63100 and 12S7P I get 50-60 minutes for a distance of 18km.
Seems to work great, I don’t notice any difference between this and the plastic prop.
I would do it again. Starting to get the hang of the GY1310, lots of turns, starting to do some pumping. Moving the prop up about 3 inches made it a lot better behaved but it ventilates a lot easier.
Two things I’ve been monkeying with:
I got a M6D charger. It seems to be pretty decent although you have to connect a beefy power supply
I’m trying to mitigate the “pop” when connecting the batteries.
For #2 I used a balance port connector to initially connect the battery through a resistor, allowing it to charge the caps on the ESC slowly, this works OK with around 1k of resistance, but I think 100 ohms would work better, I just don’t have a beefy 100 ohm resistor on hand. That might be all that’s needed or perhaps something more complex is warranted. The pop is annoying and gradually makes the connectors hard to disconnect.
Has anyone tried to use the balance port for this?
this kind of connectors are OK for lower voltages, but can get damaged on higher voltages (14S) and high capacitance systems. Better than nothing for sure!
@lishine I tried the prop with BDUAV 120kv motor. It fits with existing threaded holes however it does leave a little gap which could be filled with a 3D printed cone shape. My 3D printed props broke straight away so put on the Flipsky prop. I was able to efoil on large board (85L) and large foil (axis 1150) pretty easy but I felt the prop needed a little higher RPM to get better power, which makes sense as my motor is 120kv and the Flipsky motor is 140kv. But also I’m a 12S battery so already getting high RPM .