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That's nuts but honestly most of us would love to give it a rap

Should be electrical though...

SurferKris said..
Looks like it is mounted backwards though...

Probably why they are selling it.

sailquik said..

It is weird though, because the controls and engine orientation look correct, but the transom mounting bracket is on backwards!??

I can't figure it out.
There must be like 4 main bolts holding the whole top on, and he just flipped it around.
Is it because he put the hole through the board after mounting the main bracket and then realized it was on the wrong side?
Has anyone also realized that the adjustable shackle on the back connected to the D shackle will only work under tension. It won't work under compression because the prop will push the motor back.
More safety.
I'd like to know how drunk he was at the time.
Some people never got to play with Lego.
Some people should not own tools.

decrepit said..
Actually it looks the right way round to me, captain sits in front of the motor as in an ordinary outboard, hanging on to tiller.
Or am I missing something?

Yep, you're missing something. If this was mounted to the transom of a (let's say,) tinnie, the shaft would have to pass through the bottom of the hull. See, the transom mounting clamps are facing backwards, and the trim adjustment (the series of 5 holes) are facing forwards, which is the opposite of how you mount an outboard.

I think this is one of those outboards that can rotate through 360 degrees about the axis of the drive shaft, like a trolling motor.

As for mounting it on a wally, I'll bite my tongue.

On the top

So, it's mounted backwards, but it's turned 360 degrees. Does that matter?
Maybe it gets the weight distribution better?

Of course!
It's a bugger getting old and stupid

"Scrapheap challenge" in the UK had a foil competition/episode in 2002, I think. I don't have access to the video, but if I remember correctly then one team did put an engine and v-shape foils on a surfboard. Well ahead of their time.

I don't think that anyone has mentioned the fuel tank? Does it strap to your back? Perhaps the board itself is a tank (fuel floats on water), just like how they use aeroplane wings. That might be too complex so my guess is that they put it on the deck inside an old esky so that you can sit on it. Newton tells me that there is going to be some equal and opposite reactions when the engine fires up and the machine goes full inertial.

SurferKris said..
It is a small engine (3.5hp) and it has a built in tank, you can see the cap at the top.

That is a very space for a fuel tank plus it would be very close to hot sections of the motor which are normally underneath the cover. Furthermore, there has to be a fuel line somewhere to enable the fuel to get to the inlet manifold. Maybe we would know more if the cover was open.

nev said..
they can also be spun around though 360 degree's and work fine. many don't have a gear box and you just spin then around to go backward.

Really ? So you would have to lean way out the back of a tiny boat to operate the throttle ?

nev said..
most small outboards have that style of integrated tank and they work fine. they can also be spun around though 360 degree's and work fine. many don't have a gear box and you just spin then around to go backward. I think he has done a good job. motor would weigh less then 15kg and the wally has 200l so would float ok. easy to make some sort of prop guard or just use the lanyard to the kill switch. would be sketchy but fun. ?

Yep, i too think hes done about as good a job on it as could be done (aside from the turnbuckle fitting that won't work under compression that Imax pointed out)

Still can't change the fact that it a slightly more stable upside down iceberg when a human is added. Nor the fact that despite that reasonbly beefy looking bracket, it's still attached to what will be (at best) thin plastic and styrofoam.
nothing better to do 3 beers into the night i suppose.