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If you want to build your own DIY Electric Surfboard or Hydrofoil you will find a lot of useful stuff here.
Just recently the information about DIY Electric Hydrofoils is exploding. The fact that an Hydrofoil needs less power once it is flying makes it very attractive and reasonable.
We also see the first DIY electric surfboard kits coming to the market and of course plenty of suppliers for individual components.
In comparison to a DIY electric skateboard it is much harder to build an e-surfer.
You need much more battery power which easily causes heating problems. Such strong batteries are also still very expensive.
And of course electricity and water (especially salt water) is a challenge. The battery, the electronics and the remote control needs to be absolut waterproof.
Last but not least is safety an important factor. You don’t want to fall of your board and it keeps going. This would be very dangerous for others.
News from the VeFoil team in Canada. They have teamed up with Miles Hammond to develop a DIY waterproof remote control.
The wireless waterproof remote control will be not only available for the VeFoil Electric Hydrofoil, but can also be used for electric surfboards.
Ferruccio from lake Como in Italy is developing an electric Jetsurfer called PinniJet.
He is already testing his 2nd generation prototype and is considering to offer the PinniJet for sale in the future.
Introduction for building an DIY electric skateboard / DIY electric Longboard by Nicolas Nostheide.
This article is addressed to all readers which are interested in building an DIY electric skateboard, but also for all people which just want to know how an electric skateboard basically works.
For the sake of simplicity I wouldn’t like to go into detail too much but you should have a basic knowledge about electronics.
I want to emphasize once more that electric skateboards are not toys. Especially the handling with electronics can be very dangerous.
An electrical skateboard consists of six components besides the actual longboard. The following article will go into each of those six components:
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You can now buy a DIY electric surfboard kit from MHZ Watercraft in Germany. You will find their DIY electric surfboard parts for sale online.
MHZ is known since the Eighties for their boat model construction parts, but since a few years they are also supporting well known electric surfboard companies such like Lampuga and others who do not want to be named.
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We finally have a DIY Electric Hydrofoil Forum for efoil.builders. The interest in electric Foils is increasing on a daily base und this forum will help all, who want to build their own electric Hydrofoil.
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More and more people try to build their own DIY electric Foil surfboard. Nikolai, Hans Emil and Jonas from Norway are documenting their findings and are sharing them with the community.
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Are you interested in a DIY electric surfboard? You should have a look at the electric hydrofoil project at Kickstarter.
The team around Chris Vermeulen from Canada is developing an electric propulsion system, which can be mounted to Hydrofoils, Surfboards and SUP’s.
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How to build a DIY Electric Skateboard (Do It Yourself) without using a ready to buy conversion kit like from Mellowboards or Onan?
We meet Nico from Berlin at the E-Boarder Meeting in Berlin Tempelhof in April 2017. He came by with his DIY Electric Skateboard which made 32 mph on the runway.
