I ran out of time last fall to complete my project, and figured Instead of rushing it, and trying to get some hunting in at the same time, I would take a break and get back at it in the spring. Here it is February, lot's of snow on the ground and I'm dreaming of warmer weather and my boat. I've been doing a lot of debating of whether or not to run dual propellers, or a single propeller. Dual props are certainly more work to put together mechanically, and can in theory more thrust with more effort. The more I think about it, then more I feel I need to go for the gusto and build the boat to the fullest. I'm hoping for the best, and in the worst case scenario, i remove all of the bicycle gear and have an ordinary boat and pop an electric motor on it to get around, but that's not positive thinking is it. This will work, just not sure if I'll be able to pedal it.... lol.
I'm still looking around for an inexpensive right angle bevel gearbox to transfer the direction of the chains so I can hook up the chain drive to the propellers. I've been given some websites to check out, however being an experimental boat and wanting to keep the costs as low as possible, $200.00 is out of my price range for a gear box. Time will tell what I'll find.
Stay tuned, more to come in the near future.
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