So I customized and reprinted the motor mounts, and dropped in a
22k rpm motor. This should get about 5600 rpm to the propeller. ...Nice
Well I wish I had more photos, but I was too busy laughing last Saturday.
The tug ran well, plenty of power now. I pulled into a little boat slip that someone
had at the pond, and as I was reversing out, I thought, with the new motors, I
want to take out some of the stern weight. So as I backed out of the slip, I turned to
bring the tug around, and slightly wedged it in the foam bumpers on either side of the slip.
So I turned the drives to push the stern out and goosed the throttle and spun the boat
upside down on the center axis.
We recovered the boat, drained the water, took some lead out of the stern and went back into the pond.
I did some quick runs up and down the bank to see if I was getting any water up through the shaft or rudders,
and also checked for any heat on the motors. You can see I was a bit concerned, by the heat sinks I milled down and
applied to the motors. Not really any heat, so I was proceeding with the speed runs, when a small rc skiff came
down along the bank. As I was turning around to set up for my next run, the fishing pole and line hanging out
the starboard side of the skiff raked my little tug broadside, flipped it over, hooked the deck house railings and
proceeded to drag the superstructure off the deck. I told him to turn to shore and pull the superstructure back to
shore, but the drag forced his skiff into anti-clockwise circles. Every time he came round, I said, "No, This way..."
When I was through joking and laughing, I doffed my shoes and socks and waded in to put a stop to the comedy.
The motors were definitely not hot...
Sorry I didn't get photos or video.