Thread: Project electric kontiki

With the summer season approaching I decided it was time to have a crack at building an electric Kontiki.
Most of the parts you can buy. You can make it as complicated or as simple as you like. Mine will be relatively basic. Motor at front. The line off back.
I purchased the following.
30lb thrust motor
Magnetically controlled timer from bullet fishing
12v 16amp battery
Connectors
Dual core wire
Stainless fittings
1m 150mm pvc pipe with screw end Cap
Gorilla expanding foam
Norski fibreglass kit.
Flag
Strobe light
First step was to cut a disk of timber to internal diameter of the tube. Then pile on a heap of expanding foam. Once it has set carve it into a rough cone shape. I then fitted a screw to the centre and held in the drill and turned into a cone using a file and then sand paper and fibreglass over the top.


I cut a recess into the cone to allow for fibreglass to fit into the main tube rather then just buy to the front for greater strength.
I marked a centre line down each side of the tube using a piece of angle iron.
I Glued a piece of wood to the inside of the tube. I overbroad a hole into this and filled with polyurethane glue
Once set I bored to flag pile size.
I also set in the light with polyurethane glue.

Next up will be the alloy motor mount