Same story this weekend. I lost the shaft and the propeller after 1 hour of testing but not lost the duct. After disassembly, all the tightenings are ok and glued. Same result as @rogjalon : a complete rebuild of the motor pod but I need to find solution.
Have you had this type of problem? What solutions?
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Maybe it would help to reverse the thread direction so the water pressure would tighten the duct.
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I got shat failure as wellā¦ I thougt everything was lost when I heard the motor revving but I fallen off the nose of the board but no, luky me shaft and joint stayed together, no water in.
Plastic printed parts shoulg screw in very tight, with no play (they canāt work like a metal thread!), If theyāre not, a little silicone as thread locker would work, like Hiorth said.
The solution, for me, is this type of shaft:
Not easy to realize, even on a lathe, because of the key slotā¦
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I plan to use the clamp style coupling this time. I donāt think the couplings with grub screws clamp well enough.
It would be great to have a motor that can easily dismantle for servicing. I just donāt have the skills to design it.
I purchased the whole family of theseā¦ but I donāt trust too much that plastic coupler. It clamp very firmly though. Iāll try the one piece part with key slot.
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I have one of those clamping jaw couplings in my setup. Mine did always slide eventually. Especially on my custom shaft as it was not exactly 8mm. I just drilled through the coupler and shaft and pinned it. Itās a quick and dirty solution, but still removable. Just a little bit more work.
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ā¦designing parts on cad software itās not a problem, the huge task is to draw something doable firstā¦ and to find somebody kind enought to lathe or mill your pieces for free or for pizza&beer! With 3d prints you wonāt go too far, if waterproof, thin and serviceable pod are your goals, using prototyping factory makes the purchase of a Lift efoil more convenient!!
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I like the look of this type
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This looks better. There still one thing that doesnāt convince me, other than the bulkiness of the joint itself, which is the thrust force all on the gearbox axel. No matter how much you āpre-loadā that against the thrust bearing, the thrust power will squeeze your gearbox. if noā¦the joint will slip on the planetary shaft. Thrust should be transmitted by keys, which are designed for the purpose.
My failed coupling was like that, only I used a grub screw as ākeyā, tightened down into the 12mm key slot of the gearbox shaft. It was sligtly free to slide in and out a mm, but grub screw got sliced as soon asā¦
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Ah sorry to hear. Did you use the first version of the duckt with the angled struts? I think that causes it to twist off at faster speeds. My 2nd duct version has straight struts and has a more efficient NACA0012 profile. It stayed on ok for me so far, I need to update my post because I think it still says untested. H
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These are pretty much useless for any precise rotation because you cannot clamp two shafts in such a way that they perfectly align. If they donāt align, they will bind and block the motor, or just create heat, damage the bearings, or make everything vibrate.
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We have used the same coupler (from roland)in v1 design for 9months now( maybe 30 times in the water) , still working fine. But you need to balance it! by grinding it down. Also use a very strong loctite:) also if your shafts is polished slight sanding wil help.
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If we are using two bearings on the output shaft this jaw coupler should be fine? I thought this coupler is designed to join two shafts which might be slightly mis-aligned?
I guess the speed might be an issue.
Edit: I see you were referring to the solid coupler sorry.
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Yes, I used the first version with angled struts. I should have added screws or secured it better. Thankyou for all your help
Any flexible coupler is fine (if it is strong enough). I was refering to the fixed coupler posted above.
Nice build ā¦ thanks for sharing ā¦ have been looking everywhere for suitable batteries ā¦ where do you get yours please ā¦ Iām residing in Australia ā¦ cheers ā¦ Tony
Hi @tony I got the from Hobby King Sydney. Occasionally they have them on sale. Hereās the link
Cheers
I got very lucky and bought 6 of these before they sold out:
There was also a sale on 6s packs. If it doesnāt let you ship a large quantity, order in two parts. There are legal restrictions on selling large batteries.
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I just bought 2 of these from the Aus warehouse:
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So I have started to rebuild my motor pod. This time Iām trying the @Hiorth build. I like the idea of being able to disassemble the seal housing for servicing. I also thought it would be interesting to try the larger prop size.
Does anybody have the hiorth mast mount to suit a Naish hover foil. The aluminium tube is 60mm x 1.5mm for the hiorth motor pod. @Hiorth would you have the cad file for your mast mount so I could try and modify it in fusion 360
Thanks in advance for any help.