Faster than propellers, using less power!

The test runs in this video took place on a man made fresh water lake, with no currents or tidal flow, but often quite windy. It's known locally as "the Cut" and is located down Captain Cook road, Netherton - Turua, NZ. For more information regarding the Turbo Thrust Wheel, including prototypes, drawings and animations, click on this link • Inventing the wheel(th... .

[@BigJimSlade67]

Put a Wind Screen on/over your mic. Thx

[@eltopoargento]

Nice testing. The link was cutoff but found it on another video : ua-cam.com/video/Jh5LdzN3mpA/v-deo.html . The paddles are at 45 degrees? How many paddles does the wheel have and which is the diameter of the wheel and paddles? Thanks!

[@AJD0NZ]

Thanks, I've fixed the link and here's a link to a previous video with the same set up, but I didn't record the speed ua-cam.com/video/0iC5PFI2dag/v-deo.html Yes the blades are set at 45 degrees. But the length, width, number of paddles and diameter of the wheel depends on the power of the motor and gear ratio you intend to use ;)

[@alphonsolinguini9501]

What props used? Weight, hull geometry come into Play. Still neat experiment

[@AJD0NZ]

Props used came with the outboard motors, the 1.2 hp set up was 8.8kg, the 3hp was 28.8kg, including 2 large batteries @ 22kg and the paddle wheel set up was 25.8kg, including 3 small batteries @ 7.8kg, they were all tested using the same hulls(hull geometry).