Blue Robotics, Kickstarter!

[BBray_T1296]

A Thruster and ESC for just $120? Seems like a really nice deal. I have been looking into a cheap waterproof solution for some RC boats some friends and I want to make will likely end up totally sinking. This solution is half the price we want to pay and better than our current idea.

For those in this thread who deal with aquatics stuff, I am having trouble visualizing 5lbs of thrust. With a 10-15lb surface craft About 3' long, 9" wide, sitting 4" in the water, for a reasonable speed would I need 1 or 2 of these? It doesn't need to be zipping around, maybe 4-5'/s.

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by BBray_T1296

A Thruster and ESC for just $120? Seems like a really nice deal. I have been looking into a cheap waterproof solution for some RC boats some friends and I want to make will likely end up totally sinking. This solution is half the price we want to pay and better than our current idea.

For those in this thread who deal with aquatics stuff, I am having trouble visualizing 5lbs of thrust. With a 10-15lb surface craft About 3' long, 9" wide, sitting 4" in the water, for a reasonable speed would I need 1 or 2 of these? It doesn't need to be zipping around, maybe 4-5'/s.

One should do it!
our AUV weight 110lbs and we are using 4 Seabotix thrusters mounted at 45 degrees. They put out 6lbs of thrust

[falconmaster]

28K so far and they need only 35K and its only been two days!
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[protoserge]

Kicktraq projects success.

Best of luck to the project team! It certainly looks like a fun product to design and bring to market.

[chrisfl]

This would be good for a water game

[orangemoore]

Congrats on being past the Goal!

[Chadfrom308]

I love how they are using APM 2.6! I have a quadrotor using a Pixhawk (pretty much the same thing) and I love it. It's very open source which is why I support it and it is superior over the DJI controller

[rjehangir]

Hello everyone! Thanks for the positive comments. We're really excited to be past our goal and now we have some cool stretch goals. We still have 24 days left so be sure to spread the word to other teams and friends. Thanks!

@BBray_T1296 - Thanks! I'm glad you like the thruster. Just for reference, we are using two thrusters on an 8ft long, 2ft wide surfboard that weighs around 40 lb and it goes up to 6 ft/s. For a smaller vessel, one may work fine. The thrusters are most efficient at lower throttle settings so if you want very high efficiency you may want to use two. We are using two for skid steering so that we don't need a rudder.