NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Zone => Kayaks => Santa Cruz => Topic started by: Baitman on February 26, 2017, 08:08:46 AM
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I got a request to mount this beast to a customers G2.
It's a stripped down 503 Torqeedo motor with a high capacity lithium battery, rated 18 ah at 29 volts and 560 watts.. He wanted me to do the install so that it can be swapped out with a rudder for times he might not want the motor.
This 503 is much heavier than my Torqeedo ultra light (about twice the size) so I decided to fabricate a backing plate to distribute the load across the entire back section of the kayak. I fashioned that out of wood and then glassed the entire part for added strength and to water-proof it against dry-rot.
Next I had to re-rigged the control cables using dyneema cord and Harken pulleys. Custom fabricated each part so that it can be added or removed within seconds.
A lot of unknowns still, we don't know what the speed is going to be. I'm guessing close to 10 mph !
. Still waiting on a report from YAK YAK YAK... :smt005 :smt005 :smt005
C'mon man ,,, !!! Have you put this in the water yet? It's been a whole week already !!!! :smt006
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Very cool! Can I waterski behind that yak?
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Where did you secure the battery? Assuming you run the other electronics off of the same battery too? I'm about to start on the rigging, I finally got a dry day yesterday to make space in the garage.
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Battery is gonna go in the front hull. Too much going on, sick and work, i wish i can be OTW instead.
Waterski? Probably not, but a tow is certainly a possibility :)