Hi all,
First, I would like to thank everyone on this forum for their trials and shared experience. That allowed me (person who never even seen one) to get into this fun hobby and build the electric hydrofoil. I’ll be brief so feel free to ask questions.
Total cost - around 8k CAD
Molds - direct MDF and composite ~1.6k
Board, wing, mast, stab - ~1.3k
Electronics: - ~4.5k
It took ~3 month to build working on weekends.
Specs:
Electronics:
ESC - Trampa Mk6
Battery - 2x Tattu 12s16ah
Motor - Reacher D70L165 120kv
Remote - Trampa wand
Wing:
Airfoil - SG6043
Span -100cm
Chord -15cm
Area - 1250cm^2
Aspect ratio - 8
Weight - 1.5kg
Stab:
Airfoil - NACA 0010-35
Span - 50cm
Chord - 10cm
Area - 340cm^2
Aspect ratio - 7.4
Weight - 0.3kg
Mast:
Airfoil - NACA 0010-35
Length - 100cm
Chord - 15cm
Weight - 1kg
Board:
Volume - 95L
Length - 160cm
Width - 75cm
Thickness - 15cm
Weight - 6kg
Prop:
FR Pro 7inch
Fabrication:
And so as it turned out the propelled surfboards has been banned in Canada since 1999, I had to make a jet board just in case.
I tried it on the water and its trickier then I though. Hope to get some practice and post a few videos.