Rio Dulce Chisme Vindicator

Scoop · Last edited by Scoop on Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:42 am; edited 2 times in total

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"Electric outboards on the Rio Dulce?"

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defever · Super Senior River Rat Joined: 29 Aug 2007 Posts: 230

i wouldn't imagine the dinghy motor thieves would be interested in these....verdad??

sageofsalem · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 12:39 pm Post subject:

not until they became much more common and safer to sell (steal)
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Scoop · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:15 pm Post subject:

Sageofsalem wrote:

Celtic Dancer · Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:40 pm Post subject:

Well buddys
yep as outboards they are hardr to hide and use but
Dont forget they make great blenders or paint mixers too yeha
any more ideas of what they can be used for in the jungle?
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sageofsalem · Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:19 am Post subject:

Lorelei79 · Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:03 pm Post subject:

I once ran over a manatee with ours - no harm - manatee hide is too tough for a plastic, battery-powered propeller!!!
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Celtic Dancer · Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:

ahh the poor manatee haha
Ok so what if you turned the engine upsidedown and instead of connecting the fins or blades u connect wind turbine blades and then set it up so that it generates electricity when there is no wind. It charges the battery and also can be used for your own extra bank hahahaha
now that got u thinkin outside the box
so whos next with an idea yeha
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elpolvo · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:09 am Post subject:

msf2 · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:32 pm Post subject:

I'm thinking of buying one amidst all the humor, price is same as West Marine, but w/o delivery, taxes, gvt corruption charges etc.

Captain John · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:09 pm Post subject:

birdturd · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:05 pm Post subject:

One problem could be that other folks don't hear ya comin. I had that with an electric scooter, had to honk all the time and people started callin me "Beepbeep" Very Happy

Talked to Jim about this the other day, he said these go perfectly well with solar panels. Let's wait until one of us gets one and see how it works...volunteers?
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msf2 · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:24 pm Post subject:

Well, I did buy one as I said I would and used it in the Bay's December and January We got the three-ish hp version and there is a lot to like about the gizmo.

We used it with a roll-up West marine dinghy, knowing that speed would not be an issue, there wouldn't be any! If you want to tootle around French harbor at 20 knots, this isn't for you. But!
I loved how light it was, comes apart in three pieces, the shaft, the battery and the motor. The latter two are stored below so security is not a problem. You rinse it out with a little fresh water after every use. We left the shaft on the dinghy for 2 weeks or so in the water, no prob.

Again if you're happy to quietly tootle around the power source is more than adequate, just don't be in a rush.

All in all the motor performed without surprise and my tiny quibbles are not worth publishing