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i put a motor on one off my kayak.

man its fun and work great.

it steer wit my foot pedal.



you can lift it from my seating area etc etc.

i troll and enjoy it a lot.





joco

nice set up how well does it steer??

CK

wit my foot peg inside the yak

and it goes up and down wit a lever insde the yakl frome the seating area to.

it simply work great

let say it find on my pike trolling yesterday those 2 and lost one.

just 2.5h off fishing.







i run about 4.5mph..but was fully load and i am a heavy man.

Wooow. It's great man

Nice Idea... you worth it.


ASK

pretty cool man
how do you controll the speed?
looks awesome

walleye man wrote:pretty cool man
how do you controll the speed?
looks awesome

i got a control; box beside me at my seating area.

same as on the motr 5 forward and 3 back...

top speed 4.5mpf fully load.

could get a good 5.7 aprox wit smaller man not to loaded.

not bad..its not for racong..

but do great for trolling yaaaaaa

joco

Joco, that's got to be one of the coolest proects I've seen posted here in a while. The work looks very professional and well thought out. Don's video was neat to see as well.

What size battery do you use and what life do you get between charges?

I get about 3-4 hour none stop with my med size battery,,,trolling.


Heres a link to a tread that show my battery
http://www.yakfisher.net/smffiles/index ... 0#msg29240
But might go up a bit in the battery aize and put a little solar panel!



Plus my next project on my other yak will have a smaller motor,,,so,less siz drag in water but still strong anugh,,but use less power....then back to smaller battery. And again will put a little solor on it.

I would like a min 6 hour none stop, Sure you can get a huge battery and get a 12 hoir none stop. But will be there,,and not not foget we are in a kayak lol.



Have fun on your ev yak

That was a kit i got,,,,,but many way to do it yourself,,,its easy and cheap,,,since thenmi baught many smaller moror then that,,,a kayak as a hull speed anyway even if you put bigger,,,you wont get that mutvh more speed so might not be worth the extra weight and monney to gain 1/2 mph...

Joco

I tried a Series 24 battery on my 10 foot Pelican. It weighs 45 pounds and with the motor (a min kotta 30 30) the weight was too much. On the Ottawa river and it was just above the water. now wondering about a bigger boat like the pelican catch 120. supposed to be able to handle 400 pounds, BUT the 10 footer I have says it handles 325 pounds and that is simply not true.
is your batter a deep cycle? the one I bought is. Can smaller starter battery work?

Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate this as I am not giving up on getting a motorized kayak

You should look into a lithium battery. prices have gone down for 12v

Tony. Yes its deap cycle, I baught it at battery expert,,,its about 90$

Its trully not heavy, About yak size,,,that one you see is 14.5 feet long and can handle two person. So one and a battery is no prob.

But big battery in a small yak can be a prob, I would go see battery expert and see what they have, Or simply go see some. Of those. Electric wheelchair store,,,they have many smaller version light and good quality.


Joco

Actualy will be doing a diy kit for my father, On a pamlico 135 yak,,,,,,

And will get one more battery,,so wen i do will post pict of the how to and what battery i will get and where.


Joco