head_dunce wrote:
Yeah, I've read your posts a few times over the last few months, good stuff thank you. I'm on a remote island of only about 100 people though (Middle Caicos.) We live off rain water collected in cisterns, so fresh water is very limited here. It's also very hard/expensive to get things here. The Honda not having an impeller is a huge advantage for me. Not having to flush the motor with fresh water or replace the impeller seems to outweigh the slight power advantage.
The Torqeedo reliability worries me. The salt spray where I live corrodes everything! My engineer neighbor who is anal as could be recently crashed his gyrocopter because of some corrosion, thankfully no one was hurt. I like the idea though.
Wow, I had no idea water to flush a motor would ever be someone's consideration. So yes, the Honda may probably be best for you.
The Torqeedo is fully qualified for salt water. In fact it's mostly plastic, aluminium, and stainless steel, in that order. The electronics are fully sealed. And, like the Honda, it takes in no cooling water and never needs to be flushed. It's probably the most resistant motor to salt water available for the TI.