Mini Electric Airboat delivers 2000kg of solar to "The Island"! (Off-grid series ep. 1)

Hi everyone! We are back after a short Christmas/New years break! This video marks the start of a new series out here on the Island, the "Solar series". However, don't worry, the electric airboat project is still running smoothly, and an update video will be uploaded within a few days, so stick around😊 Or subscribe to our Patreon where you are able to follow the airboats progress more closely😉
Feel free to leave any thoughts or questions in the comments below! Enjoy!
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Preparing for delivery
01:24 - Truck arrives
01:38 - What we got👀
02:02 - The plan
03:55 - First run over the lake
05:46 - "Bricks"
06:55 - 400kg on the mini electric airboat🤯
09:39 - Run nr. 3
10:15 - Last run
12 01 - Wrap up
13:01 - Outro
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Music:
Outro- Synapse by Shane Ivers - www.silvermansound.com

[@aussie2uGA]

It's so fun to watch this progress. Those panels look amazing - I hope to install something similar soon, on a smaller scale. Thanks for showing us all how this can be done.

[@johndehosson]

Cheers Aussie2u!
It's nice to have you aboard!😊
Are you thinking of going just solar, or solar + battery storage? How much kWp are you thinking about getting?
Have a good one/
Jack

[@royrunyon1286]

Did you move all the panels on a single charge? If so, what was your state of charge at the end of the day? How far did you have to travel? What was your average speed?

[@johndehosson]

Hey Ron! Jack here.
We didn't move them all on a single charge since we decided to top up the boat while we ate lunch. However according to the consumption it would have made it. We used roughly 10-15%/trip, and it is about 500m one way, so 1km round trip. We did 6 trips that day, so it *should* have done it with at least 10% to spare. We won't even talk about average speed here since it was crawling pace when loaded up.... didn't want to drop any panels😅
We just recently a production spec battery delivered and have been testing them for the past week. They have much improved capacity, and the range difference is dramatic. We have a range test video coming up with that new setup so stay tuned. It should be out in a week or so😊
Hope that answers your question. And also, turn on the notification bell so you don't miss the range test👍
/Jack

[@royrunyon1286]

@@johndehosson Hey Jack! Thanks for the clarifying information about your solar panel transport experience. I look forward to info on your new batteries and I am subscribed to your channel.

[@robintaylor3860]

Nice work, Keep it up.

[@johndehosson]

@@robintaylor3860 Cheers 👍👍