Member-only story

JetSUP: 3D-printed boat lower unit, electro-powered SUP

Eugene Tkachenko
7 min readSep 18, 2024

Once, I recalled having a massive electric motor. I had bought but never used it, and I decided the time had come.

These guys haven’t met each other. But I’ll make sure that they will be friends :)

I read a manual for the motor that said it consumes 120 Amps. After a brief thought, I bought a 150A ESC that could be delivered to me quickly.

It was a waterproof Flycolor 150A boat ESC. The math summed up in my head: a 150A controller could power a 120A motor, but I was wrong. Why? You will also see it soon.

By the way, the complete process is here (jetsurf.boat):

⬆️ You can watch it in action.

Definition of done

--

--

No responses yet