THE NEW Shadow prop family

To who you was replying??

I know someone that would be red and ashamed if he only knew what he is talking about…

EDITED : You guys are all free to have your opinion but please let’s keep this forum the great place it is and make this thread a constructive one. As we stated the propeller will later come along with another of our product, there is definitely lots of works behind the scene but if you guys aren’t happy with our products for whatever reason we will do our best to help you out. Remember we are based in EU, you might even be able to come visit us when it’s possible. :blush::smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

@SoEFoil thank you very much ! Folding propeller is definitely something that will come as well, stay tuned :slight_smile:

I honestly couldn’t care less that I haven’t been given or tested one. I have enough stuff of my own that I haven’t even had time to finish testing… In fact I’ve had so little time I’ve efoiled twice this year!

The problem is you’ve come to a open forum without any accurate evidence that your prop is actually better, but then made claims that it is more efficient and faster than competitors. Based off what you’ve said I can guarantee you haven’t run proper tests in a proper testing environment against the other manufacturers like Flying Rodeo with like for like pitch etc…

Right now your attitude is also pretty pathetic trying to bash me instead of actually proving me wrong with good data… but hey, just keep pissing into the wind :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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You gave some prop for testing and some log have been posted. It is the only real data available on the forum at the moment so expect some questions… why the aggressive tone and why bringing Jezza inflatable project on the table? It is awesome to see another prop option coming on the market with the data logger time will tell which prop is best

Hey, yeah sorry about that.

I don’t see the issue answering any constructive questions. This propeller will later come with another product we’ve been working on, so definitely stay tuned !
Also, we stand behind our products so if you guys aren’t happy with them we will do our best to help you find a suitable solution.

Well the big problem is, you promised to bring a new prop for under 200€. IĀ“m ready to buy one, and use for my build, but I can`t find the prop you are talking about… I would even test it and get a metr to share data…
But as you have it not available, I think will try this easyfoil prop… At least it is already available…:sweat_smile: and itĀ“s shape looks even better than yours :thinking:

Actually thats not my photo, Its FR

Ok thanks got confused just ignore this

I can`t find your online store…can you update with a link?

Posted 24 Oct - so end of next week will be Nov :innocent:

:sweat_smile: ok , can`t wait to see…

Hello,

Because I’m lying in bed with fiver, it is impossible for me to finish the online store at this moment. Be patient guys and let me rest when I get better I will get back to you with a link.:pray: Thanks, Jasmin

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Ok, but don`t need that shop actually. Just tell us what the price will be and we can order via paypal :sweat_smile:

So nothing more happening?

Heey Jasmin,

are you feeling better again…?

hope you are oke, can you give us some moren information about the prop price and when we can order?

thanks

Hello everyone,

Unfortunately Jasmin is taking a small break from the business to stay closer to his family and won’t be available untill then. He should come back soon, but in the meantime I will try my best to temporary take over this part as well.

I have been forwarded all the MP’s and emails from Jasmin and Seahorse’s webshop and will try to answer you all as soon as possible. Kindly send any further question / proposal to me by MP untill Jasmin comes back.

In the meantime here are few informations I can already share :

I am sorry to make you wait so long, I am still awaiting one last quotation from the CNC company and agree on planning before starting the production.
I should be able to answer you begin of the next week about when you guys can order from us.

I see some of you are cautious about the props, so I will certainly pick one or two persons from this chat to send one free propeller to be reviewed before anyone can order more. I am ready to invest in the community if community helps us back as well :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I see lot of questions about the price. To be clear, target price is under 200€ but depends heavily on order quantity and CNC quote as well. I got few quotes but none of them is ok for me right now. Hoping the last one can make a difference as we plan to work with them for lots of other parts as well.

It is great that the number of commercial propellers that can be bought in the EU (without customs fees and expensive postage) will be expanded. It’s just a shame that you changed everything about the propeller, even the direction of rotation of the propeller. After all, all successful e-foil propellers use a counter-clockwise rotation direction. There are a number of reasons for this. Clockwise rotation has no hydrodynamic or mechanical advantage.

One of the reasons is that most engine shafts are right-hand threaded!

The direction of rotation is not that important, it can be easily changed for almost everyone.

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I once heard a wiseman saying that you need to think ā€œout of the boxā€ to innovate. Doing so obviously requires to think about everything from scratch, hence having a very different design.

Rotation direction is purely personal preference. CFD shows no real gain / loss in efficiency. @Ackermann tried both a CW and CCW prop from us. To my knowledge there was again no gain or loss from it.

Also, all you need is a nylstop nut and you are good to go, whatever your shaft thread direction. Drones have been using them forever with very few fails despite the higher RPM’s (I have been using 2450kV motors at 4S and never had any loose propeller, even after countless crash).

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Someone already posted here on the forum that he lost the propeller, I think it was aluminum. Definitely had a nylstop nut. And of course drones can’t be compared to the performance of e-foil engines - 1 m3 of air has a mass of about 1kg, 1 m3 of water has a mass almost 1000 times greater. Clockwise rotating propellers are only used in exceptional cases.