efoil Flying Rodeo

Have you ever come across an efoil? Actually, that’s a pretty cool sort of surf­board which almost makes you fly above the water. One of our CAESES® users, David Vukovic, recently approached us in the context of the pro­peller design for his Flying Rodeo board. They offer this amazing efoil, hovering 1 m above water with a speed up to 50 km/​h! At the same time, the rider is still able to maintain a perfect balance. David and his team have devel­oped a set of dif­fer­ent models so that begin­ners, but also experts, can have loads of fun. Check out the fol­low­ing short YouTube video to get an idea of how it works: 

David: ​“The Free Ride model is suitable for learning and offers security and sta­bil­ity for gliding above the water. If you are up for more adren­a­line, there is a Race model that gives you more freedom and a higher speed. The real catch is you don’t have to buy another efoil, because the com­po­nents are inter­change­able, so you buy one kit and get two Flying Rodeo efoil models.” The entire kit weighs only 15 kg, which means you can take it with you wherever life may take you. ​“The com­bi­na­tion of light wings and an electric motor, which drives the pro­peller, makes Flying Rodeo an envi­ron­men­tally friendly craft. So enjoy your ride without any emis­sions, noise and waves!”, con­tin­ues David.

David uses CAESES® to generate the pro­peller blades for the efoil designs. In the context of 3D printing, espe­cially the tip thick­ness needs to be adjusted to the required minimum thick­ness. The CAESES® pro­peller model provides all these controls and allows David to quickly adjust, export and 3D-print a new design. 

More Infor­ma­tion

More details about general pro­peller design with CAESES® can be found in the marine section. Feel free to get in touch with us if you need an advanced pro­peller design for your appli­ca­tion. Further details about the Flying Rodeo efoil are given on the Flying Rodeo Facebook page.

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