Awesome test, Thanks for trying this! I've wondered if it was even possible to do this, as this year I've been playing with a trolling motor & leisure battery on my inflatable canoe, and I thought about doing a solar trip. Some ideas for your solar canoe v2. Having the panels angled towards the sun, even slightly, improves efficiency. The rigid panels are more efficient than flexible panels, and smaller. A single 200w solid panel would take up less space, and produce more power, than the 2 folding panels. Solid do weigh a bit more though. You could make some sort of clamp on the top rail of the canoe that the panel attaches to, with each side having adjustable struts to raise/lower the side to face into the sun. Really interested to see any future vids!
@McBenjiBoo Love the 💡 ideas! The thing I noticed was that when the sun goes behind a cloud, the boat slows down, but it is fun to see what's possible. I am still experimenting with a panel just large enough to charge the battery.
I started with a setup a lot like yours Years ago. The boat kept getting larger and carried more panels. I currently have a 21 foot repurposed sailboat with 1600 watts, a pair of 100 amp hour lithiums feeding a pair of 55 lb thrust 12 volt Minn Kota's = 4.2 mph keep on boatin' 😆 th-cam.com/video/GDU2YbK0Sms/w-d-xo.html
Besides successfully demonstrating 'solar panel area' vs. 'electrical power that can be used to do work', this could be used as a good argument for wearing sunscreen. That same radiation power density is being dumped into your skin. Feels good tho.
Love that! Solar power is awesome 😊
Good stuff!!! My only advice is to keep the panels low and out of the wind.
Wow my friend!! Love this idea!! ❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Cheers!
@@magicianword Cheers!!!
What a great idea!
Great deal!!!
Awesome test, Thanks for trying this! I've wondered if it was even possible to do this, as this year I've been playing with a trolling motor & leisure battery on my inflatable canoe, and I thought about doing a solar trip.
Some ideas for your solar canoe v2. Having the panels angled towards the sun, even slightly, improves efficiency. The rigid panels are more efficient than flexible panels, and smaller. A single 200w solid panel would take up less space, and produce more power, than the 2 folding panels. Solid do weigh a bit more though. You could make some sort of clamp on the top rail of the canoe that the panel attaches to, with each side having adjustable struts to raise/lower the side to face into the sun. Really interested to see any future vids!
@McBenjiBoo Love the 💡 ideas! The thing I noticed was that when the sun goes behind a cloud, the boat slows down, but it is fun to see what's possible. I am still experimenting with a panel just large enough to charge the battery.
Hell yeah!
Pretty cool!
Thank you, Kelly.
I started with a setup a lot like yours Years ago.
The boat kept getting larger and carried more panels.
I currently have a 21 foot repurposed sailboat with 1600 watts,
a pair of 100 amp hour lithiums feeding a pair of 55 lb thrust
12 volt Minn Kota's = 4.2 mph
keep on boatin' 😆
th-cam.com/video/GDU2YbK0Sms/w-d-xo.html
Besides successfully demonstrating 'solar panel area' vs. 'electrical power that can be used to do work', this could be used as a good argument for wearing sunscreen. That same radiation power density is being dumped into your skin. Feels good tho.
Good point! Thank you for the comment.