I had to have the crankshaft stub machined down slightly to. The pic below shows the Lovejoy L090 coupling on the crankshaft stub, sitting on the outboard drive shaft. I cut the end off of the crankshaft, and it fits onto the splined shaft in the outboard leg. The Merc with engine removed and Lovejoy coupling installed. It has the throttle and steering cables still attached. The steering console was a great find at the local marine consignment store. Here the hulls have fresh epoxy paint, and a temporary deck has been built to do an on the water test for weight distribution and motor placement. I beefed up the hull bottoms with Kevlar strips, and fared and painted the hulls. It needed a bit of work, mostly cosmetic. I then sold the sailing gear, mast and sails for $525.00, so it was cheap. I picked it up at Jericho Sailing Center for $840.00 ready to sail. An on the water trial will give some answers. As it sits now the throttle and gear shift cables are not long enough to reach the motor as drawn. The console may be moved back, not sure yet. This build would not have been possible with lead acid batteries. The hulls are from a Hobie 16' sailing catamaran, the motor is a Mercury 9.8 two stroke outboard, with the power head removed, and a Mars 6 HP brush-less permanent magnet electric motor installed in its place.īatteries are GB 48 volt, 100 amp hour lithium iron phosphate. Sparky should do it for about $0.15 worth of electricity. It takes about 15-20 minutes by regular speedboat, and costs about $10.00 in gas. I am hoping that it will have the range and speed to make the 6 nautical mile trip from her water access only home to Deep Cove in North Vancouver in a reasonable amount of time, about 35-45 minutes. I also wanted to demonstrate for others that there are other more responsible ways of getting around on a daily basis. This boat was built for my sister, I figured she needed a fun runabout that would cost next to nothing to run, and would be environmentally friendly, and would have low maintenance requirements. lots of pictures, and the max for a single post on ES is 30, so I will post a part two for the rest. This was a big project, it took about a year to complete. This post is part one of a build log of my electric runabout project.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |