The best part of this video is watching you and your Dad hanging out and working on a project together. You're very blessed there. The project is fantastic as well. Great work, fun build
reminds me of the time my dad and I built dirt bikes that came in milkcrates and proceeded to do wheelies in front of the house until the neighbours complained that it was almost midnight... Very formative memory... nice to see others taking the opportunity.
I'm 70 now and my dad passed many years ago. This brought back all of our wacky adventures and uncontrollable laughter. Thanks for giving me laughter tears as well. They are the best.
When I grew up, we made a speedboat ourselves with just plywood and plastic tarp, put on a Mercury ourboard and had a lot of fun near one of the beaches here in Lofoten. It was also very hard to stear, we usually got wet and even capsised in a freak wave near the beach, but the water was shallow and we could walk ashore and drag the wrecked vessel on dry land, removed the ourboard and made the silly thing into a bonfire while enjoying a beer and camped out on the beach that night.
I am so very pleased with this latest video, just uploaded by my son, Micah, featuring our continued adventures together. We filmed it a while back and I had literally forgotten much of the words we spoke during those 2 frenetic days. As is clear, we plan nothing in these videos, they just unfold in front of us, as they do for you when watching them. When I saw it today, I was laughing out loud so hard I had laughter tears streaming down my cheeks. Many of you have previously pointed out that it is a wonderful, if not a rare event to see a dad and his son enjoy working together, sharing common interests, and creating memories for the rest of their lives. To those of you who have admonished me to not take those moments together with my son for granted, I absolutely assure you, I never have, and never will. The world has become a more challenging place and life moments filled with love and laughter are more important than ever. Thank you to all who have watched, and especially those of you who have taken time to add a comment. Is this video about upgrading an inexpensive imported electric boat? Well, sort of. But to me it is so much, much more. I think you understand and you get it. To everyone, love life, hug your kids, have fun, make laughter. We all need more of that right now. Very best regards to all. And by the way - despite what he said in the video, I did the vast majority of the cleaning of the boat !!
My father passed before I was born. Had he lived, I hope he would have been just as loving and delightful as you are! You've raised a remarkable man, and that is an amazing thing.
Great video. I don't care about the boat but it was nice to see a father and son just goofing around and having fun together. I lost my father several years ago to a domineering step-mother, and I miss those times with my dad.
Micah, I laughed my way all the way through the video - love your self-deprecating asides regarding how to engineer the various solutions to this upgrade! Makes the whole process so much more entertaining!😁
I have a friend who built a fairly flat bottomed speed boat with a 40hp outboard that tracked like your boat with awful understeer/oversteer. He added a small fin to the bottom of his boat about a 1/3rd from the front and the boat handled perfectly after that. You might want to consider adding a fin to your boat for even better handling.
A 1inch pvc pipe run down each sponsoon and fiberglassed on is more than enough keel... River boats usually don't have a keel as it hinders rapid steering control to avoid rocks and other hidden obstacles but on a lake/pond they are necessary for straight line control.
@@micahsdad5388nah. To do that you'd need to invert the polarity of the plasma injectors, but that would mean you need to replace the graviton magneto invertors, which would make it incompatible with the anti matter epicyclic big end. Of course doing all that would increase efficiency by 2.3% which would increase the theoretical frybender limit which could be useful as you can imagine.
This is so humbling to see a dad and his adult son having so much fun on a cheap Chinese boat in there pond. This is so awesome. More families need to be like this
Nice drift-boat! I'd love to see you take these customisations even further. Maybe a built-in drinks fridge, music, seat cushions & storage. Go all out in making it the perfect fun boat for your little lake.
Your dad's laugh... :) Proper father/son hilarious adventures are the best. My dad and I always find something funny when it's just the two of us and making him laugh uncontrollably is my greatest joy. :)
I love Douglas' name for your boat! It embodies the boat's cheerful design and impression it creates! What a perfect choice! "The Sunny Side Up"!!! : )
I’m waiting for “so, after converting this 10 year old abandoned jet ski drive system to electric, it was time to install the hydrofoils!” “We may need a bigger pond!” Keep doing what you do 👍‼️
Thanks Micahsdad. you and your son working together then sharing a good old fashion belly laugh during testing brought extreme joy to me. You have a great father / son relationship may it go on for ever.
Watching you an your dad laugh so hard was just awsome. Wish i could of had a dad like that. Yall are just having a blast , this experiment was well worth the joy yall had
That's.... some good piloting by ol' dad there. Splitting speed and steering duties on something like this is like one of those old Top Gear Challenges.
You should call this "Adventures with My Dad". Wonderful moments you can show your children and grandchildren. Enjoy every moment with him. I really enjoyed this video.
I adore your Dad and his attitude. With many, many years of marine experience, I would simply secure a couple of 2" aluminum right-angle pieces tapered forward the length of each hull side to provide some strakes for control. Use 3M 5150 to seal the securing screws and you should be all set with something like the feel of a pontoon boat.
@@micahsdad5388 I still want that folding electric bike that you reviewed but was a scam! I can't wait to see the next video. Please at least put a couple of life rings with throw lines (ski line) on each side of your little vessel so when kids and visitors play with your boat they can at least effect a rescue when someone invariably falls in.
@@RikiB-f4c The gear we carry when the grandkids are onboard is indeed very different. And they are wearing fully approved life vests. thanks and regards
@@micahsdad5388 cool, but drunken adults fall overboard too. I mean the little lake needs a post on the dock with a ring and a long line too just for the day-to-day. Some communities (even) require this just for local "retention" ponds. Keep up the good work.
I love these videos where these cheap Chinese vehicles are upgraded to a useable state. I want to see you skiing of the back of this at some point 😉😉 What is also brilliant is seeing you and your father enjoying your time together, it’s really lovely to see
For the water and grime in the seat take a 1/4inch drill and put a hole in the lowest point in the seats reseal the fiberglass with a touch of paint or gelcoat inside the holes then you can insert hose barbs into the new drain holes with some epoxy and install a drain hose that runs to where the bilge pump(s) is/are... This will keep the grime in the seats down and can be done for any low spots that hold water
For bilge pumps on such a small boat you could look into an arduino/esp32. A kit I bought had a small water pump with soil moisture sensor to automatically water plants, and I know there are water level sensors. In theory it would be simple, automatic (you could have a manual option as well), small footprint, low power consumption, and cheap.
I'm the dad in my story. I bought a used Bass boat my 41 year old son and I and 2 grandkids danced all over a local lake while using the bow mounted trolling motor. I just assumed that it was the sensitivity of the foot controlled motor. It would track pretty straight when we fired up the outboard engine. But, all three generations had fun trying out my boat that day.😊
She's a beauty gents. Good to see you having fun with a interesting project. I'd love to see it on a voyage, camping trip perhaps, with a complete crew of 5. Might make a good video if you got a few other family crew, Aye.
Not sure if anyone mention this but my suggestion is to add a solid straight rudder in the front opposite the trolling motor. Kind of like on a sail boat. I have a 19 foot Bay Boat with the trolling motor mounted in the front and found that it is better to keep the rear outboard down in the water to stabilize the trolling motor steering.
Put a skeg on the stern of both hulls so the boat follows a straight course unless you change the direction of the prop. Take the rudder off the prop shaft and replace it with an anti-cavitation plate above the prop. You have a Sun powered cruise liner with an Azipod :)
I just discovered your channel. The How-to book on lithium batteries is of interest, as I am always looking for portable power sources for my amateur radio gear. I like to take my radios out to various pars and set up and operate away from my noisy power lines! I will be following the channel now.
That looks like too much fun! Makes me miss boating with my dad. All boats are like driving on ice but that was next level. Who cares that it can't go straight if you don't have enough lake to go straight? Some impressive upgrades but I won't be satisfied until I see Micah water-skiing behind the SS Sunny Side Up;)
Great upgrade! Now your little boat is actually functional. May I suggest making a waterproof fabric canopy to fit over the boat so it doesn't fill up with rain water and dirt when it's not being used?
There are motor kits for kayaks that would probably be a lot easier to attach to the boat. I'm pretty sure one kind just bolts on the bottom. Judging by your laughter y'all had a great time. That looks like a hoot. If I could get a rig like that working reliably I'd use it around the Chesapeake Bay.
Not interested in being in any book, or bike giveaway, but just here to say what you are going with the E-bike is great. Hope it goes to someone who can really benefit from it.
I could definitely use those books. I just purchased a few 100ah lithium batteries, a good inverter, and a solar panel kit. I plan on doing some camping as a new hobby. I wanna make sure I wire things correctly lol
It looks like you could use a pair of surf board fins mounted to the rear to stabilize drift or thrust vectoring in turns, placed to either side of center to aid it stability in steering and also one along the leading edge of center to maintain straight travel. I also wonder whether any counter balancing keel weighing might help before mounting any heavy solar panels so far above it's center of gravity?
"And you can hear we're not cavitating" TIP: Low powered cost of Ultrasonic waves for Anti-drag + preventing cavitation where desired. Upgrade to plasma generated Ultrasound for pressure repel field around craft greater than bottom of the ocean and you'll be able to slam into the ocean like it doesn't exist. Like those Plasma shielded Ufo's! 🤪 (For threat to water lifeforms = Elevate sound beyond them just like we do you. "That UFO was silent! But my ears were ringing!" Air vibrating in your ears don't worry about that.. Just means we're scanning you.)
If the PWM thing fails just replace it with a nichrome resistance wire coil with a sliding contact or fixed with a DC switch or two. For this application the slight inefficiency is irrelevant, it's simple and bulletproof, whereas PWM is flaky and prone to sudden irreparable failures.
Hey Micah. Did you get my response to your email about the book? Thanks Chris ; It's awesome to see how improved the boat was with a few mods, way more usable now.
Your dad is laughing so hard...it's like you two went mudding. "Did you SEE how I slid sideways and then BACKWARDS?! Aaahaahaha! Oh man, I can't breathe..!"
part of your problem with it not tracking is also the big amount of play you had on your rudder linkage to the motor shaft. Now the steering isnt direct, and the motor and therefore rudder can flop about quite a bit. That needs to be way tighter. I mean my jetboat has less in the water and it handles fine, till you take off throttle, then you got no steering obviously. But as long as im producing trust im in control, even at low speed. But when my rudder cable was all loose because a bushing was worn out i had no control at all.
Love that you are upgrading this beautiful vessel. Have you considered a seat upgrade? It looks jolly uncomfortable with your knees up around your ears 😆
To make flat-bottomed boats hold their course better, they usually attach something like micro keels to the bottom - literally 1-2 cm high and the length of the entire boat, sometimes several keels are made...
Modify the MinKota by adding an aluminium plate to the fin to enlarge the rudder surface
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I know this isn't the right platform but I'd love to see you put a bunch of the LEV60F cells that flooded the market at $30 each. 600A continuous for a ~72Ah cell is impressive and the energy density is way better than Headway 38120's while maintaining a similar C rate. 16 of those cells on a 48V motor with whatever controller is fashionable (no clue who makes ~10kW or larger motors for boats) would be a little fishing boat with some serious power
Cool video, regarding the ebikes, are there any heavy duty ebikes that can support 500-550 pounds? (I know wheels will need replacing often but eh), thank you.
nice vid. Try fabricating a balanced rudder (with rudder area fore and aft of the post)) . This should allow for a bigger rudder and greater directional control without inducing steering strain.
Would putting a fixed rudder in the front of the boat make it easier to control when turning? I'm not experienced in nautical design so I'm wondering what kind of effect would that have on the handling of The Sunny Side Up.🤔
The best part of this video is watching you and your Dad hanging out and working on a project together. You're very blessed there. The project is fantastic as well. Great work, fun build
Thanks so much for your kind words. Best regards
reminds me of the time my dad and I built dirt bikes that came in milkcrates and proceeded to do wheelies in front of the house until the neighbours complained that it was almost midnight... Very formative memory... nice to see others taking the opportunity.
@@micahsdad5388 very welcome!
I'm 70 now and my dad passed many years ago. This brought back all of our wacky adventures and uncontrollable laughter. Thanks for giving me laughter tears as well. They are the best.
Thanks for sharing your memories. That is why we do our best to make our own. Best regards
When I grew up, we made a speedboat ourselves with just plywood and plastic tarp, put on a Mercury ourboard and had a lot of fun near one of the beaches here in Lofoten. It was also very hard to stear, we usually got wet and even capsised in a freak wave near the beach, but the water was shallow and we could walk ashore and drag the wrecked vessel on dry land, removed the ourboard and made the silly thing into a bonfire while enjoying a beer and camped out on the beach that night.
I am so very pleased with this latest video, just uploaded by my son, Micah, featuring our continued adventures together. We filmed it a while back and I had literally forgotten much of the words we spoke during those 2 frenetic days. As is clear, we plan nothing in these videos, they just unfold in front of us, as they do for you when watching them. When I saw it today, I was laughing out loud so hard I had laughter tears streaming down my cheeks. Many of you have previously pointed out that it is a wonderful, if not a rare event to see a dad and his son enjoy working together, sharing common interests, and creating memories for the rest of their lives. To those of you who have admonished me to not take those moments together with my son for granted, I absolutely assure you, I never have, and never will. The world has become a more challenging place and life moments filled with love and laughter are more important than ever. Thank you to all who have watched, and especially those of you who have taken time to add a comment. Is this video about upgrading an inexpensive imported electric boat? Well, sort of. But to me it is so much, much more. I think you understand and you get it. To everyone, love life, hug your kids, have fun, make laughter. We all need more of that right now. Very best regards to all.
And by the way - despite what he said in the video, I did the vast majority of the cleaning of the boat !!
I'm not ashamed to say that I love you, sir, and I thank you for raising an awesome son! You two are SO entertaining!
@@ktrazz Thanks. Comment much appreciated. Micah chose his parents well LOL !!
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Lovely sentiment and the enjoyment you both having shines though the video 😊
My father passed before I was born. Had he lived, I hope he would have been just as loving and delightful as you are! You've raised a remarkable man, and that is an amazing thing.
Love your Dad and you interacting, the laughter and giggles. ❤ Family❤. Great job and thanks for sharing.
Great video. I don't care about the boat but it was nice to see a father and son just goofing around and having fun together. I lost my father several years ago to a domineering step-mother, and I miss those times with my dad.
Remember the good stuff, that`s the important part ;)
Micah, I laughed my way all the way through the video - love your self-deprecating asides regarding how to engineer the various solutions to this upgrade! Makes the whole process so much more entertaining!😁
I have a friend who built a fairly flat bottomed speed boat with a 40hp outboard that tracked like your boat with awful understeer/oversteer. He added a small fin to the bottom of his boat about a 1/3rd from the front and the boat handled perfectly after that. You might want to consider adding a fin to your boat for even better handling.
That's what I was thinking.
A 1inch pvc pipe run down each sponsoon and fiberglassed on is more than enough keel... River boats usually don't have a keel as it hinders rapid steering control to avoid rocks and other hidden obstacles but on a lake/pond they are necessary for straight line control.
Exactly!
Add a surfboard skeg…
@@allangibson8494 , yes!
Montgomery Scott: "The engines CAN take it, Captain!" Sulu: "She won't answer to the helm!!"
Next upgrade = dilithium crystals !!
@@micahsdad5388nah. To do that you'd need to invert the polarity of the plasma injectors, but that would mean you need to replace the graviton magneto invertors, which would make it incompatible with the anti matter epicyclic big end.
Of course doing all that would increase efficiency by 2.3% which would increase the theoretical frybender limit which could be useful as you can imagine.
Fly apart then!
The fun you two have had with this boat is priceless, I think you definitely got value for money.
This is so humbling to see a dad and his adult son having so much fun on a cheap Chinese boat in there pond. This is so awesome. More families need to be like this
It was a nice cheery on top to be thoughtful about not leaving glass behind! Loved all the laughter and fun you two shared.
This is so wonderful to see you and your Dad having so much fun together. Truly thanks for sharing, I love it. Awesome stuff !
Yes, we got a boat update! I really like all the new modifications you've done to it.
So do we ! thanks
Seeing you and your dad laughing was a real treat. You guys are adorable!
I love seeing a father and son at that age laughing and smiling together. Best friends. Makes me miss my father
This is so wholesome, I don't care about the boat or the motor, just love to see father and son having fun
Everything works in theory until reality sets in.
lol usually the theory is wrong when that happens ❤
As engineers say looks good on paper technician say real world not so much
Looks nose heavy. Like a white water kayak. As your dad mentioned, a skeg on the motor should clear that up. Glad to see you having fun with your dad.
Pov: bought a boat off temu
@@mesanders1113technicians think ship will float. Engineer knows they built a boat.
Nice drift-boat! I'd love to see you take these customisations even further. Maybe a built-in drinks fridge, music, seat cushions & storage. Go all out in making it the perfect fun boat for your little lake.
Stay tuned - Micah doesn't need much incentive to perform upgrades !!
Your dad's laugh... :) Proper father/son hilarious adventures are the best. My dad and I always find something funny when it's just the two of us and making him laugh uncontrollably is my greatest joy. :)
I love the laughter between you and your father. Best bonding activity is working on a project with someone you love.
I love Douglas' name for your boat! It embodies the boat's cheerful design and impression it creates! What a perfect choice! "The Sunny Side Up"!!! : )
I’m waiting for “so, after converting this 10 year old abandoned jet ski drive system to electric, it was time to install the hydrofoils!” “We may need a bigger pond!”
Keep doing what you do 👍‼️
Thanks Micahsdad. you and your son working together then sharing a good old fashion belly laugh during testing brought extreme joy to me. You have a great father / son relationship may it go on for ever.
I hope the manufacturer sees this video. Outstanding improvement. Sunny Side Up is perfect!
Sunny Side Up really is perfect for that boat, I'm quite amused on their behalf. :)
Watching you an your dad laugh so hard was just awsome. Wish i could of had a dad like that. Yall are just having a blast , this experiment was well worth the joy yall had
That's.... some good piloting by ol' dad there. Splitting speed and steering duties on something like this is like one of those old Top Gear Challenges.
You should call this "Adventures with My Dad". Wonderful moments you can show your children and grandchildren. Enjoy every moment with him. I really enjoyed this video.
It's always funny when you hear that laugh and you can't help but laugh with him. It truly is ridiculous LOL!
I adore your Dad and his attitude. With many, many years of marine experience, I would simply secure a couple of 2" aluminum right-angle pieces tapered forward the length of each hull side to provide some strakes for control. Use 3M 5150 to seal the securing screws and you should be all set with something like the feel of a pontoon boat.
Strakes would be a good move. Next video !!
@@micahsdad5388 I still want that folding electric bike that you reviewed but was a scam! I can't wait to see the next video. Please at least put a couple of life rings with throw lines (ski line) on each side of your little vessel so when kids and visitors play with your boat they can at least effect a rescue when someone invariably falls in.
@@RikiB-f4c The gear we carry when the grandkids are onboard is indeed very different. And they are wearing fully approved life vests. thanks and regards
@@micahsdad5388 cool, but drunken adults fall overboard too. I mean the little lake needs a post on the dock with a ring and a long line too just for the day-to-day. Some communities (even) require this just for local "retention" ponds. Keep up the good work.
I love hearing y'all laugh together. Got to treasure these moments with your Dad.
What a great video!! Love the upgrades, but love the snapshot of time spent with your dad enjoying a project together!
Seeing you and your dad having so much fun with each other is great to watch.
Seeing you and your dad laughing together made for a fun video. Sunny Side Up has some real pep now. Your projects are entertaining.
So much fun watching you and your dad having these interactions !
Fun to have if you have a lil lake around you or better yet in your back yard!
I'm on a boat!
Love this video. You guys are throughly enjoying the experience and each other. Great memories.
Definitely your best video! We all were laughing right with you guys. Thank you.
We could hear you - LOL (again). Best regards
I love these videos where these cheap Chinese vehicles are upgraded to a useable state. I want to see you skiing of the back of this at some point 😉😉
What is also brilliant is seeing you and your father enjoying your time together, it’s really lovely to see
Aloha from Hawaii! I so enjoyed watching a father and son having fun together! Mahalo!
this was a great happy episode, thank you and father for the good heartfelt laugh
Thank you for watching and very pleased you enjoyed it. We laughed for 2 full days !!
@@micahsdad5388 ☺ ☺
New name is outstanding! Have fun with your new improved vessel.
Awesome project and I love that you are working with your dad on this! Man it is a dream!
For the water and grime in the seat take a 1/4inch drill and put a hole in the lowest point in the seats reseal the fiberglass with a touch of paint or gelcoat inside the holes then you can insert hose barbs into the new drain holes with some epoxy and install a drain hose that runs to where the bilge pump(s) is/are... This will keep the grime in the seats down and can be done for any low spots that hold water
What great memories you are making with your dad.
Ah, "sunny side up" is just brilliant! 😂
It was a vast improvement over the original e-boat. Thanks for sharing. I think I was laughing as much as y'all were.😂
Yep - much more better !!
For bilge pumps on such a small boat you could look into an arduino/esp32. A kit I bought had a small water pump with soil moisture sensor to automatically water plants, and I know there are water level sensors. In theory it would be simple, automatic (you could have a manual option as well), small footprint, low power consumption, and cheap.
Best part of this video is see an father and his son have a good fun time together. Nothing is worth more than good relations.
That came out great, and the name is perfect for it! Great Father & Son time! 😊
As an Australian, my suggestion is add a winged keel.
Two keels the boat is a mennis
A surfboard skeg (or three)…
I'm the dad in my story. I bought a used Bass boat my 41 year old son and I and 2 grandkids danced all over a local lake while using the bow mounted trolling motor. I just assumed that it was the sensitivity of the foot controlled motor. It would track pretty straight when we fired up the outboard engine. But, all three generations had fun trying out my boat that day.😊
She's a beauty gents. Good to see you having fun with a interesting project. I'd love to see it on a voyage, camping trip perhaps, with a complete crew of 5. Might make a good video if you got a few other family crew, Aye.
that zig zag move in the pond just LOL
Glad you guys had fun polishing a turd. You have confirmed the Mythbusters conclusion that it can be done.
We considered it a diamond in the rough.
That was some real fun n good time in Chinese boat ⛵ .....the improvement it made is massive....so smooth
Not sure if anyone mention this but my suggestion is to add a solid straight rudder in the front opposite the trolling motor. Kind of like on a sail boat. I have a 19 foot Bay Boat with the trolling motor mounted in the front and found that it is better to keep the rear outboard down in the water to stabilize the trolling motor steering.
It's 11/10 7PM, can't find the give away info anywhere. Love your channel.
Put a skeg on the stern of both hulls so the boat follows a straight course unless you change the direction of the prop. Take the rudder off the prop shaft and replace it with an anti-cavitation plate above the prop. You have a Sun powered cruise liner with an Azipod :)
Great job on the video MIcah! Thanks for making it. Your dad is funny!
What a fun project! Thanks for sharing with us!
great father son time ... i can't wait to get my both sons together again and spend family time like this thank you guys are amazing.
I just discovered your channel. The How-to book on lithium batteries is of interest, as I am always looking for portable power sources for my amateur radio gear. I like to take my radios out to various pars and set up and operate away from my noisy power lines! I will be following the channel now.
Been looking forward to this followup video, hope its good!
Glad that it brought you so much fun. Cheers from Beijing.
That looks like too much fun! Makes me miss boating with my dad. All boats are like driving on ice but that was next level. Who cares that it can't go straight if you don't have enough lake to go straight? Some impressive upgrades but I won't be satisfied until I see Micah water-skiing behind the SS Sunny Side Up;)
Loving the UCA sweater your dad is rocking. Go Bears!
Great upgrade! Now your little boat is actually functional. May I suggest making a waterproof fabric canopy to fit over the boat so it doesn't fill up with rain water and dirt when it's not being used?
A bilge pump would be a good idea…
There are motor kits for kayaks that would probably be a lot easier to attach to the boat. I'm pretty sure one kind just bolts on the bottom.
Judging by your laughter y'all had a great time. That looks like a hoot. If I could get a rig like that working reliably I'd use it around the Chesapeake Bay.
Great video, had some laughs for sure. The upgrades were very well done, now you have a usable little boat, at a decent price !
Not interested in being in any book, or bike giveaway, but just here to say what you are going with the E-bike is great. Hope it goes to someone who can really benefit from it.
this was such a nice surprise. you dads laugh is so infectious. great watch
I could definitely use those books. I just purchased a few 100ah lithium batteries, a good inverter, and a solar panel kit. I plan on doing some camping as a new hobby. I wanna make sure I wire things correctly lol
It looks like you could use a pair of surf board fins mounted to the rear to stabilize drift or thrust vectoring in turns, placed to either side of center to aid it stability in steering and also one along the leading edge of center to maintain straight travel. I also wonder whether any counter balancing keel weighing might help before mounting any heavy solar panels so far above it's center of gravity?
"And you can hear we're not cavitating" TIP: Low powered cost of Ultrasonic waves for Anti-drag + preventing cavitation where desired. Upgrade to plasma generated Ultrasound for pressure repel field around craft greater than bottom of the ocean and you'll be able to slam into the ocean like it doesn't exist. Like those Plasma shielded Ufo's! 🤪 (For threat to water lifeforms = Elevate sound beyond them just like we do you. "That UFO was silent! But my ears were ringing!" Air vibrating in your ears don't worry about that.. Just means we're scanning you.)
If the PWM thing fails just replace it with a nichrome resistance wire coil with a sliding contact or fixed with a DC switch or two. For this application the slight inefficiency is irrelevant, it's simple and bulletproof, whereas PWM is flaky and prone to sudden irreparable failures.
PWM controllers are much cheaper than big potentiometers….
@@allangibson8494 Nope.
Hey Micah. Did you get my response to your email about the book? Thanks Chris ; It's awesome to see how improved the boat was with a few mods, way more usable now.
Those were awesome upgrades! The first test run was hilarious!
It is hard to believe it has been two years since I watched you take the "Maiden" voyage!!
Your dad is laughing so hard...it's like you two went mudding. "Did you SEE how I slid sideways and then BACKWARDS?! Aaahaahaha! Oh man, I can't breathe..!"
Nice boat upgrades!
A fin in the front could also help to make it to track better.
part of your problem with it not tracking is also the big amount of play you had on your rudder linkage to the motor shaft. Now the steering isnt direct, and the motor and therefore rudder can flop about quite a bit. That needs to be way tighter. I mean my jetboat has less in the water and it handles fine, till you take off throttle, then you got no steering obviously. But as long as im producing trust im in control, even at low speed. But when my rudder cable was all loose because a bushing was worn out i had no control at all.
Good job Im proud of you. And jealous of you bonding with your dad.
Love that you are upgrading this beautiful vessel. Have you considered a seat upgrade? It looks jolly uncomfortable with your knees up around your ears 😆
FUN! I subscribed immediately. All good wishes to you and your father.
I miss laughing with my Dad glad y’all had a blast doing this
Not quite a “Duffy”, huh ;)
Happy to see modifications worked! Break out the “water skis”.
To make flat-bottomed boats hold their course better, they usually attach something like micro keels to the bottom - literally 1-2 cm high and the length of the entire boat, sometimes several keels are made...
great fun reminds me of my childhood boating with my dad. made me laugh so much ,love it
Next step -- water Skis!! Great stuff. Keep us posted.
Modify the MinKota by adding an aluminium plate to the fin to enlarge the rudder surface
I know this isn't the right platform but I'd love to see you put a bunch of the LEV60F cells that flooded the market at $30 each. 600A continuous for a ~72Ah cell is impressive and the energy density is way better than Headway 38120's while maintaining a similar C rate.
16 of those cells on a 48V motor with whatever controller is fashionable (no clue who makes ~10kW or larger motors for boats) would be a little fishing boat with some serious power
Cool video, regarding the ebikes, are there any heavy duty ebikes that can support 500-550 pounds? (I know wheels will need replacing often but eh), thank you.
Ultimate drift boat lol glad you and your dad are having a blast treasure the moments life is short
That much laughter and fun is worth the price of entry.
Aaaaw nice to see an update on the boat! 😊
nice vid. Try fabricating a balanced rudder (with rudder area fore and aft of the post)) . This should allow for a bigger rudder and greater directional control without inducing steering strain.
Wow! It's been 2 years! Time flies, great vid!
you are so awesome to do such give aways and awesome work on the boat i would love to build something simialar some day !
Would putting a fixed rudder in the front of the boat make it easier to control when turning? I'm not experienced in nautical design so I'm wondering what kind of effect would that have on the handling of The Sunny Side Up.🤔