The future of freestyle, freeride

Citizen

Citizen

Location
Coeur D' Alene, ID
I think electric is the next evolutionary step for freestyle.

We ride for short periods of time, 20mins tops usually and a comp run is 2-3mins and the on demand torque electric motors provide is insane. Price just needs to come down, which it will over time and then we can slap a tesla wheel motor into a ski.
 
Josh Watson

Josh Watson

Location
Florida
Citizen said:
I think electric is the next evolutionary step for freestyle.

We ride for short periods of time, 20mins tops usually and a comp run is 2-3mins and the on demand torque electric motors provide is insane. Price just needs to come down, which it will over time and then we can slap a tesla wheel motor into a ski.
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I think that would be awesome but salt water would be horrible for if
 
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Storbeck

Location
Minnesota
The issue with electric for a freestyle ski is charging. It probably isn't out of the question to fit batteries with the equivalent to about a gallon of gas on a freestyle ski, but to re-charge in any reasonable amount of time would take very high current, or battery swapping. Consider that charging the batteries requires more energy than you get out of the batteries, so if you're going to spend less time charging than riding you'll need more horsepower worth of charging than riding just to give yourself a rough idea. Are you going to string a line of 480 three phase to the beach?

Could maybe battery swap.
 
Josh Watson

Josh Watson

Location
Florida
Storbeck said:
The issue with electric for a freestyle ski is charging. It probably isn't out of the question to fit batteries with the equivalent to about a gallon of gas on a freestyle ski, but to re-charge in any reasonable amount of time would take very high current, or battery swapping. Consider that charging the batteries requires more energy than you get out of the batteries, so if you're going to spend less time charging than riding you'll need more horsepower worth of charging than riding just to give yourself a rough idea. Are you going to string a line of 480 three phase to the beach?

Could maybe battery swap.
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I mean I’m down to have some 480 on tap
 
Citizen

Citizen

Location
Coeur D' Alene, ID
Storbeck said:
The issue with electric for a freestyle ski is charging. It probably isn't out of the question to fit batteries with the equivalent to about a gallon of gas on a freestyle ski, but to re-charge in any reasonable amount of time would take very high current, or battery swapping. Consider that charging the batteries requires more energy than you get out of the batteries, so if you're going to spend less time charging than riding you'll need more horsepower worth of charging than riding just to give yourself a rough idea. Are you going to string a line of 480 three phase to the beach?

Could maybe battery swap.
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LIke i said, price needs to come down, and tech advance a bit maybe. But Plug and play batteries like you slap into your drone are the future imo. Same as what they use on the new electric jetsurfs, just bigger/more power.
 
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Storbeck

Location
Minnesota
Citizen said:
LIke i said, price needs to come down, and tech advance a bit maybe. But Plug and play batteries like you slap into your drone are the future imo. Same as what they use on the new electric jetsurfs, just bigger/more power.
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I gotta agree it is about as ideal of an application as possible for batteries in a recreational setting. Short bursts of big power with super quick response, minimal need for total energy stored on the vehicle.
 
Josh Watson

Josh Watson

Location
Florida
I think I’m going to start doing some more research on making a light weight high torque electric motor, we all spend thousands and thousands on pipes, carbs, ignition.. we could simplify
 
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mikesx

Citizen said:
Lot easier to waterproof a electric motor / battery like that than what we currently run. I dont see saltwater being an issue at all
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Bow thrusters, electric and totally submerged. Mount a high torque/thruster where the pump normally goes. +&- cables and a cooling line for the batt pack thru the bulkhead. No driveshaft. The possibilities....
 
Jr.

Jr.

Standing Tall
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Location
Hot-Lanta
With all this talk of going electric? I'm going into the Sound Business, to recreate "The Sound of Power" Plus the "Race Fragrance" Business!
To recreate the smell of race gas....... The world of electric will certainly not excite the senses like todays racing does!
 
Citizen

Citizen

Location
Coeur D' Alene, ID
Jr. said:
With all this talk of going electric? I'm going into the Sound Business, to recreate "The Sound of Power" Plus the "Race Fragrance" Business!
To recreate the smell of race gas....... The world of electric will certainly not excite the senses like todays racing does!
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I think the performance will outweigh that in the long run, but you are not wrong! But it would be nice to pare our troubleshooting flow chart down from Fuel, Air, Spark to Power.
 
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Vortex

Location
Southeast
Yeah we definitely would need the sound and smell of real racing. Just go watch the vids of that electric mustang that does the texas mile lol
 
kevbo

kevbo

Location
dfw
Almost everything is custom made now, theres very little need for OEM support. Banning twostrokes or making our boats quiet is about the only way to get rid of us.
 
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