Not sure why I'm having a hard time working this out so thought I'd bounce the idea off others for some insight.
Obviously, my pedal drive prop and rudder system works perfectly fine. Because the prop is 1/3 of the distance from the front of the yak.
Question: But what happens when the prop is at the rear of the yak, behind the rudder. (See pic) How does this affect the kayaks rudder system and steering?
I want to install the e-motor locked in a straight direction pushing the kayak along, while I continue to use the kayaks rudder to steer. If the e-motor fails, battery dies or I just want to get some excercise, I can then lift the E-motor out of the water, lower my pedal drive system and continue on.
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I can’t imagine that it wouldn’t work. Throw it together and test it
Not optimal but still works.
Rigged up a couple Coosa FDs like this with Newport vessels NK180 pros, while the customers knew that they wouldn’t steer as well they both said it worked fine.
Easy fix in the future would be rigging up pole steering similar to this on a more basic motor: https://bixpy.com/products/bixpy-pole-steering-including-telescopic-steering-handle?srsltid=AfmBOooGxfvw9IvaplJmoktvoQivzUWHASrRiF0P8-CIqkFkYJTSr_vi
Just want an offset angle of some sort, or if the motor has an existing tiller then using a jointed tiller extension.
It should still work. Not as effectively as using the thrust from the motor to steer.
Is forward mounting an option for the motor?
Most vessels have the thrust mounted forward of the rudder for multiple reasons…
It’ll work but not very efficiently, it’ll be more like using a brake on each side to steer instead of vectoring your thrust. Also because the rudder is so close to the centerline the turning moment it’ll produce will very small, so you might get like a 30 to 40 ft turning circle.