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Hi Dan. It's Bill again.
The only info that came with my minnkota motor was
to say that it is 74 lbs thrust. Do you know how many horsepower that
is?
Also would you know where I could find an
online conversion scale so I could always tell how many lbs of thrust
equated to what horsepower?
Thanks.
Kindest Regards,
Bill Akins.
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:30
PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] ETEK motor
(speed controller for this?)
Brian,
My motors run around 1800 RPMs top speed. I
have two 3/4 HP side thrusters
and one 3 HP rear thruster. Slower
then that would be better.
I think 3600 is quite high. The people
you want to talk to are the
engineers at a company like Michigan
Wheel. They make props for a living
and will help match you up with
something. Psub size props are on their
really small end but they'll
help you crunch the numbers.
Not only is the Eket motor fast for a
direct drive prop on a sub but it's so
much more power the you'd need and
you'll hardly fit the required pile of
batteries in a Psub to use that much
power for any length of time.
Now, if your calling a boat the size of
Carsten's a Psub, you can use all
those horses.
Dan
H.
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