It’s finally a good platform to prototype. I’m now moving the battery forward and added the 5mm airex sheet with a carbon fiber below and also on the sides. it’s overkill but I like the rigidity of the carbon fiber that helped to keep the glass fiber cells + epoxy mixture around the walls and have a cleaner finish to operate on.
I’ve also changed the battery box holders by digging new holes, same glass fiber cells + epoxy thick mixture.
Tomorrow I will be sanding all that stuff and putting a glass fiber tissu over the full area and then add some funky colors.
quick and dirty; I could have gone under vacuum but I don’t care of the extra weight and ultimately it’s not SO dirty !
I’ve added A CF sheet and GF sheet with the right amount of resin and a pretty large override of the existing sections. Why blue? because I had some powder left on my desk!
Next step is tomorrow : sanding and then adding some colors to it, padding and we’re almost good to go.
I will need to increase the length of my motor cables slightly but that should be very quick.
ahah hell yeah brother. My girlfriend call it a dog as well. I believe moving the battery WAY more in the front and removing some of the bulk foam will help in reducing the speedboat effect (which was somehow nice as it was creating a wave below that I could try to surf !).
Really interesting how different designs work. On my tow boogie the propeller is mounted about a third of the length from the back of the boogie. This eliminates any tendencies for the boogie to flip over on its back and I can mount the battery in the center. In bigger waves it can still submarine so if you want to use it in waves you need to add something in the front.
Would be very interesting to see what the optimal hull shape, motor and battery pack mounting points would look like.
The tow works fine ! I’m going to keep improving it.
As I need to had some weight to get a good balance (due to my foil mast & shape), I’ve 3D printed some shells that I will integrate in the board to keep the weights below the surface.
Will be interesting how it turns out on your board. On mine I had to add two small fins at the end of the board to stop it oscillating from left to right at higher speeds.
