E-Foil

After finishing my Go-kart, the next project I took on was building an E-Foil. For E-foils, there aren’t many prebuilt parts for making one yourself, so a large portion of the parts had to be custom made, sometimes with a 3d printer. I started with a foam base that was cut using a home-made hot wire foam-cutter. The next step was applying fiberglass with epoxy to the frame along with gluing in some supports and electronic compartments. Once the board was completed, it was given a paint job and it was time to install the electronics. I repurposed an old 48V car battery for the board and then installed the rest of the electronics into their own waterproof compartments. After some light testing in my pool, the board was finally complete and it was time to have some fun at the lake. This project helped me learn how to set up electronics for a powerful motor along with manufacturing processes such as fiberglassing and manual milling.