Lift introduces electric foil!

[rynhardt]

You could always just mount a Bixpy jet on the board.
Will run you around USD1200 for the Bixpy and a spare mast and plate, and some elbow grease.
Mount it behind or in front or even below the fuselage.
Make it easy to dismount the whole contraption and you have a normal foil board again.

[fun2kite]

Or scubajet once it is available . 1000 euro and u have ur own lift. Not integrated, but I rather only buy motor, not yet another complete foil set.

Ur board needs to be big enough (volume) to get going.

[grigorib]

Why are they not using small water "jet" engine and instead using propeller ?

Sounds realistic - put the batteries and pump inside the board, have intake and the propulsion pipes go inside the mast and have a nice jet foil, quiet and beautiful.

[BWD]

^thats a funny picture with the outboard but I think ya want the thrust, centers of gravity and lift to be closer together.. if that makes sense..

[andylc]

At $12,000 a pop I doubt we'll see anywhere getting overrun with them...

[diyefoil]

My self and few others are working on a efoil unit using crowdfunding and crowd design. Looks like the entire unit can be built for under $4k, and just the propulsion system and waterproof surfboard remote control will be less than half that cost. It's the Hydrofoil and board that carry a ton of cost.

[Rakky]

Isn't there a way to just design a motor/fan for propulsion that can be attached to the mast, or two motors in parallel, that can be mounted on the mast, close to the fuselage. Modular - so you can add/remove when ever you want. That would be a lot cheaper, as a few people already have the Board and Foil, and used ones are getting cheap.

[Peter_Frank]

Isn't there a way to just design a motor/fan for propulsion that can be attached to the mast, or two motors in parallel, that can be mounted on the mast, close to the fuselage. Modular - so you can add/remove when ever you want. That would be a lot cheaper, as a few people already have the Board and Foil, and used ones are getting cheap.

Did you see the link just before your post Rakky, from diyefoil ?

http://www.diy-electric-hydrofoil.com/

It is your very thought

PF