This guy did a presentation to LA Foil Club on his ultra-light foil assist build and I’m trying to figure out how he drilled the motor cable conduit. It appears he did it after he glassed everything, because here’s the board before glassing:
Here’s the video of the finished board. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFQSq1hodnZ/
I’m talking about this motor cable port in the back going to the battery box above the foil box. How did he drill it?
There are a few videos of this build. He carved a path into the boardblank before hand. I think there are some kind of tube inside. Then it seems like he used building foam und fill it up. After that he put on a layer of carbon and than sandwich material.
Tube runs to some kind of cable Gland.
These are just what I could gather from his insta
That’s a nice custom board, I imagine the most optimized way to do an assist if you have the time/space/skill set. This reminds me a bit of the assist build by @hangloose. He managed to bore a hole through his board to connect the phase wires
I looked for videos of the build and couldn’t find the part where he carves into the EPS beforehand, but that makes sense. Would you be opposed to posting any videos you found of the build? I checked Insta but couldn’t find that part (cutting and installing the cable hole and gland).
What are some search terms to find those builds? I’d like to figure out how they waterproof the bulkhead connection inside the battery box too. Ideally, I could leave the motor and motor cable attached to the mast and run it into the battery compartment for each session. This way, I’m not worrying about waterproofing some external motor cable connection and I can use connectors that can handle the current.
I was planning on buying a dual stringer cut blank (with battery compartment) from the guy who shaped my midlength, covering the battery compartment with 1/4" Okume or Paulownia, and glassing the whole thing like usual. I have some left-over hatches from a sailboat build. Why do you guys like carbon fiber so much? Seems like E-glass would work fine. I guess it’s heavier but not compared to what I’ve been packing on my waist lately haha.
