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Strängnäs, Sweden Need: to transport ourselves over 500 meters of lake to get to our place. In the summer, a small aluminium boat with a powerful little electric motor is perfect. In the winter, walking is great because the lake freezes. In the autumn, and the spring, the ice is weak, so we need a mode of transport that is safe and reliable, thus the airboat. I love electric vehicles, electric bikes, built a speedy little electric outboard last year, so the choice was easy. Go all electric! Specs for airboat prototype: Electric motor, rated 18kW, peak 35kW Weight of motor: approx 4,7 kg Thrust: not measured. Forward and reverse via hand controller. Batteries: LiPo 24S (100V) Coming from 6 packs of 8 cells 3,7kW/h Weight: Charger: Imax B8 ESC: 120V 1000 amp Propeller: Carbon fibre 160 cm (63 inches) Pretty beefy propeller, quite wide, and a fair bit of pitch Very quiet at the rpms we are running at the moment. Unsure of rpm, have not measured. Cage: work in progress. Full safety cage yet to be insta
