I caught some waist height waves today tide was up for our local.
It’s not easy getting up high on foil so motor is out got it once and everything smoothed out but I had an issue with my prop started vibration again I got it home and for second time the bolts on props had come loose again. I’m putting flipsky 2blade prop back on to try.
I’m also getting what only feels like motor slipping with funny sound kind of hard to explain.
Will try again with original two bladed prop to see if it does it again.
check this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=249XdY_CB0Y&ab_channel=VinceRidgeFoil
i think this is the stuff he uses Sotel | UHU UH47845 Gel 80 g
clear gorilla glue could well work instead (hard brittle so easy to pick/ drill out Gorilla/GZD Super Glue 3g /6g /15gGel /12g Brush & Nozzle/50mlCRYSTALClear/60ml | eBay UK
which are these and have you managed to test?
I have finally gotten hold of some FD aluminium blades and they are a lot thinner than my maytech stainless ones (pretty much the same shape and pitch).
@Flying_Rodeo do these work in FD hubs? BLADE for Assist Motor – HighFly - WaterSports
Tested all, just havent managed to record data on all and dues to a newborn havent even got in the water yet this summer 
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Hi, I increased the cooling surface of my ESC and cut an opening in my box to have the ESC inside, the cooling element outside of the box.
Full load test with closed and sealed box still needs to be done but the heat transfer appears to work nice.
I also managed to remove the stator case as shown in the video. Just one remark, my wires were glued to the case and I almost tore the wires when hammering up that case as they sticked to the top while I was moving the stator downards. Do it carefully until you get a gap, then soften the glue with a heat gun.
Nice setup! i’m working on the same but only differenceis with the flipsky 75200 controller which is quite large. Was the 6384 compatible with the maytech 160amp esc waterproof. I had my eye on that but was told it was not compatible @airtimeasto
Yes it has been working fine on 12s with 160amp esc.
however Im not getting as much run time as my mate on his foil drive. He gets 40mins i only manage 20 to 30 on my HA980 wing.
So im going back to 130 amp water proof esc with bigger wing HS1550
Ive gone back to Batery in my board. AUW 15kg.
I still want to drill into mast and put pod intergrated.
If this goes all well ill make mold of electronic box and do carbon/glass layups
Do you know what technology and plastic material is used to 3D print the propellers?
A while ago, I had the hub that holds my three propellers printed using SLS nylon technology, but I don’t know if that same technology and plastic would be suitable for my propellers.
Yes I got told that too but I’ve been running it and it’s fine I did change bearings out to SS ones ceramic fell apart
I haven’t printed my own props yet I have been using flipsky 2blade and KParts Ali 3blade props. I might try the foil drive props I read here somewhere people are using them with good success but do we need a different adaptor
I have been fdm printing fixed props in pla-cf and plaq+ and they hold up well. For a folding prop the slam from 0-full power probably is a problem.
Resin printing has come a long way in terms of engineering grade resins. I am testing some stuff now.
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