Mark 42
New member
What size electric motor would work well with this size of prop (23 x 8 inch 2 blade)?
I bought a left & right hand of each in wood (they were on eBay, too cheap to pass up, even as
wall decorations).
I might try to use them with two motors on the back of a small lightweight plastic dinghy I have
(make a small airboat - will have to put safety cages around them).
I figure two counter rotating 23 x 8 props would be pretty cool to push me across a local
pond (Steel Lake in Federal Way, WA) that doesn't allow internal combustion engines
(I also considered a steam engine, just to be able to tell them it's legal!)
I know an electric outboard would be more efficient, but I like oddball contraptions.
Would I be able to run both off of one large ESC (they must make controllers for electric
outboards or something which could be adapted).
I bought a left & right hand of each in wood (they were on eBay, too cheap to pass up, even as
wall decorations).
I might try to use them with two motors on the back of a small lightweight plastic dinghy I have
(make a small airboat - will have to put safety cages around them).
I figure two counter rotating 23 x 8 props would be pretty cool to push me across a local
pond (Steel Lake in Federal Way, WA) that doesn't allow internal combustion engines
(I also considered a steam engine, just to be able to tell them it's legal!)
I know an electric outboard would be more efficient, but I like oddball contraptions.
Would I be able to run both off of one large ESC (they must make controllers for electric
outboards or something which could be adapted).