thank you! it’s really interesting!
So the FR is a good propeller, even with a 1/8 gear ratio.
What do you mean for the 180mm, “could not handle the acceleration” with 180 it’s too much power?
the duct make a huge difference in consumption, raise 10 amp more in general.
Well at lower revs (less throttle on your remote) it has more torque compared to prop with smaller diameter. That means that it was tough to handle the small throttle range on my old winning remote with this torque monster. But this can be solved by limiting the ESC to max. possible throttle position to e.g. 70-80%.
Diameter and area of the blade , my understanding :it gives more thrust for less motor torque so less amp but the full voltage : rpm cannot be apply ( see my post rpm drop …) at some point (rpm)trust needs rease too much torque and so amp (more power more amp less voltage …).
The Hiorth propeller can pull 2 boards i saw , so i think we can decrease a lot blade area, if we aim for 30km/h top speed , diameter around 135-140 pitch around 220-240mm and “smaller blades”
For the FL propeller i needed around 3000 rpm for 30km/h with a big wing takuma v100 on my setup , may be less drag and less amp be acheived with the RL board wing …
How much amps are you drawing at the specific speeds?
I was around 115A on 8s with a 40mm 860kv and 6:1 , not the best setup for 30 and 80A for 25km/h
Great comparison!
If you ever feel like testing one more: I designed my prop for the same motor and the same gearbox combination at 6S.
https://github.com/Waterfox/E_foil/blob/master/Propeller6_2_14kn4B.STL
Hi Waterfox, Can you provide the STP file?
Hey,
I’ll save and upload as soon as I’m back at my workstation on Monday. I think you should be able to pull the file out of my STEP thruster assembly here:
I missed that , You have the 4 blades FL propeller , i use the 3 blades … Good trust to pull out and fly , the funy thing is when i stay ON the water ,full thorttle top speed is “low” ( no measured) but when i get on the wing , speed increases a lot … You can fly “fast” and with weight on the 3 blades propeller
I don’t known if the 4 blades has the same pitch… But the 3 blades is way enough for 30km/h which seems to be a good ratio fun/amp ( Time)
This post would be exponentially more helpful if it had links to the different 3d prints.
Got it. Your design looks really impressive! Is your pod working?
Thanks! Yeah it has been working reliably for about a year. There are some vids on the github site.
That prop is an H105 profile that should be at 3 to 4 degrees angle of attack at its design speed of 14 knots. This summer I was going to try going to 3 blades because i currently have more than enough torque / propulsion force.
Nice forum, loads of information shared. I am only in planning stage but anyway collecting information. Just for comparison, found on Youtube a foiling tohatsu 5hp and here some data for that. Probably not ducted but anyway. The boat max speed 32 km/h with a 5hp= 3.73 KW. Pitch was 9. Max rpm for the engine is 5500 and gear 2.15/1 so prop speed is 2558 rpm. Considering theoretical speed(no slip) should be about 35 km/h the slip is very small, only about 8 %. So the standard outboard propeller should work fine in this speed and power range? Boat is heavier than a foiling board but also foil type is totally different so for sure not comparable. The result is still kind of surprising as understood from reading here that outboard propellers does not work “as is” so good on foils. Wonder what kind of torgue a 5hp 4 stroke outboard can produce, maybe more than the engines used here? Would be nice also to know how much a duct would reduce the tpend speed on the Tohatsu. Here a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ExF3xb-6g&t=3s
I now have a comparison for the SUP Takuma Clone VS. RL-Foil
VS.
RESULTS
I’m really satisfied with the build quality and the overall consumption is about 20% less. That means 20% more ride time!
Max speed is 34 km/h. I really can recommend it!
Cheers
Yes. I needed to bore a third hole in the RL fuselage to mount it properly.
So for the RL fuselage , just a third hole in order to fit the "classic " 3 holes mast ?
RL Fuselage: 2xM8 ,distance is 40mm
Great thread.
Have you used the kite foil with the Hiorth 142mm prop by any chance ?
Nope. I would say that it will be 20% less as well.
