Testing a Small Town Bassin' prop on a Newport Vessels kayak trolling motor

[@АннаКарелина-ж3ч]

*This makes my old motor look like a toy **enjoyable.fishing** recommend it's well built. I haven't had it on the water yet, but I'm very sure it will perform just fine.*

[@cocospops9351]

Hello, bot.

[@aNaturalist]

Good job testing it in that detailed way. Thanks a lot for the charts at the end!

[@kyakfsh]

You bet. The data tells the story.

[@toddr.4630]

Great job ✌️, if you ever build a "shrink ray" or something, I look forward to the video 😝✌️

[@jack_1679]

High efficiency improvement, 3 to 3.8 mph is the sweet spot

[@mikedickey4367]

I bought one, use it on my old town kayak. I gained 1 mph top speed. Top speed is 5 mph. No vibration, cuts weeds like a weedeater, and really digs in reverse. #30 min kotta c2

[@kbutcher357]

63% power with new prop, you were almost@ speed of oem prop but using less than half of wattage used by oem, new prop @63% power will take you more than 2x distance as before using less power.

[@guntastic264]

i have a 45lb NV i will wait until they make one for that!

[@chuckkjansen]

I have a 46 lb. Newport vessels myself.. i was wondering how to contact STB .. i dont have facebook.. i am experimenting with a kipawa 314 today.. it was made for the Minn Kota 30 and 45.. and with just a slight mod, i got it mounted to the 46 lb Newport vessels.. it seems to be a pretty agressive prop.. i am having trouble accessing my you tube account, to post.. i will, if ican figure out what is happening with it.. i have the 46 mounted to an old town vapor 10.. i had a 30 lb. Minn Kota on it but i wanted more speed ..

[@kyakfsh]

As far as I know, the only way to buy a STB prop is through the Small Town Bassin facebook page. If you don't have a FB account, you'll probably need to go through a friend who does...

[@kenkwan1345]

Hello. I have a 36 lb Newport vessels & I got a new prop from STB, for some reason at max speed(5) my 50 amp breaker trip/goes off after 1 minute or 2. At speed 4 or lower is no problem at all, the STG prop only pulls 34 amps max. Is there something wrong with breaker? My set up is simple: Using a "VMAX MR96-60 AGM 12V 60AH AGM Battery" and my 36 lbs connects to this breaker that I got from Amazon "STETION Car Audio 50 Amp Resettable Fuse Circuit Breaker Car Protect for Audio System Fuse 12-24V DC for Car Audio Amps Overload Protection Fuse (50A)" More info. The stock 36 lbs prop came with a 2 blades prop., I've also upgraded to a 3 blades prop. for 46 lbs and it works totally fine with my simple set up. However I still want the STB prop. to be working with max speed, how can I fix this issue? Thanks !! PS. The prop is not rubbing anywhere and I don't have meter for any testing.

[@austinitor]

Were you able to sort this out? Looking at getting some of these for the same motors.

[@kenkwan1483]

@@austinitor Didn’t work well for mine, STB was nice enough to let me return it. You should give a try, worse case just return it.

[@kenkwan1483]

@@austinitor Per STB, The new model will draw even less current.

[@PeterRanieriII]

Great video and experiment, love the graph at end too. Really shows how after about 4mph the draw required to keep increasing speed goes parabolic

[@LS-yv8zh]

A third blade isnt needed for such small applications its why large ships have 5/6 blades. By going from 2 to 3 blades more drag is added which puts added load on the motor. load=amps. Your motor is probably right at that line. All things being equal (pitch) a 2 blade prop is more efficient and faster than a 3 blade.

[@JonR35]

Apc 10x4 or 10x6 is the ticket

[@kyakfsh]

Interesting. Do you have any comparative test results? Props designed for air aren't normally ideal for operating in water, but I'd love to see test results. Also interested to see how they handle weeds and contact with the bottom when running shallow.

[@krisnickfffs]

How can i get one too?

[@NamasteHome_]

So what's you're opinion? Is it worth the upgrade? Has battery consumption changed?

[@kyakfsh]

Definitely makes a difference for me. I get higher top speed when I want to spend the energy, and I'm more efficient when running at lower speeds. An all around performance improvement.

[@kellerblack3856]

I got this prop and it over heated my motor. The ACP 10x5 works way beter and is 1/10th the prince

[@camhester4251]

the comments section is turned off on Small Town Bassin so i don't know how to get in touch with him about purchasing a prop , do you like his props and are they very expensive ? All i need is an extra prop for my one man Creek Boat for fishing so would this prop be good for my 30 lb thrust or just buy a Minn Kota replacement prop ? could you tell me how to get in touch with him please

[@kyakfsh]

" Small town Bassin' " on Facebook.

[@camhester4251]

@@kyakfsh thanks

[@mass_psychosis4707]

Does he still make them?

[@dustman96]

Please someone put a torqeedo prop on a standard trolling motor and see what happens.

[@Machster10]

It's the pitch of the props that diff right?

[@terrykannedy8154]

Yes. Higher pitch, greater thrust per revolution. Trolling motors are designed to max out at 4mph, hence they are called "trolling" motors. The only time they go faster is to add a prop like this with greater pitch. The only time a trolling motor goes slower than 4mph is if the boat is too big for the lbs of thrust the motor is rated at. I have a 62lb thrust NV on my 10ft pond prowler and it barely hits 4mph. It's all about pitch.

[@mikethorson7243]

Put a rc airplane propeller on it. Will outperform everything else.

[@RoofAndAMeal4UsAll]

that's what I did, 3 blade, about 7" diameter. Gained 1.5 mph, never tested watts. Next trying a 4 blade prop. Hoping to maximize low power rate of speed, don't need high speed.