Hey everyone! I’m jumping on the bandwagon and building an electric hydrofoil. However, I’m a software engineer and don’t have much expertise in the hardware realm. I’m hoping I learn a lot from this forum!
holy, 400+ post thread. I’ll have to take some time and go through it. I’m pretty active in the local watersport community so these electric foils are really quite interesting to me.
Yeah I definitely could have missed something. I figured I would take the safe bet this time and go with what someone else has already done, but I would like to find a cheaper solution moving forward.
Looks like an awesome build! I’d love to build one of these someday. I’d recommend getting a BMS for your batteries so you can minimize how much you need to open and close your enclosure. Also getting some type of clear silicone would be a great way of waterproofing everything on top of the Corrosion X. Also not sure if you already have that 3D printer or not but the CR-10 might be a better choice for $400 it has a larger build volume. Oh and a nice temp controlled soldering station is a must.
Lol BMS stands for Battery Management System and it’s pretty much a a protection and balancing circuit so you don’t need to use a balancer and only need a external plug to charge it. You can find them on AliExpress, eBay, etc look up some info on here and you’ll find a ton.
