silence

Raven · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: silence

i was wondering if it we're possible to build a built in silencer on a winch?

what do u think?

JamesBoardr · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject:

Raven, like a muffler for the exhaust on the motor?? a motor with fast moving pistons is always going to noisy

billyjodonjimbo · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject:

use an electric motor

JamesBoardr · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject:

billyjodonjimbo, omg dude. I've never thought of an electric winch but that is a great idea. wakeskaters definitely need to start finding a way to go green. definitely not going to be able to throw gas into a ski/boat or winch forever. something that has been on my mind since i started skiing

skateonwater · Backside 180 Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 757

the money aspect of an electric motor would be a beach..

erikmonty · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 845 City: jupiter

yeah and all u need is about half a ton of batteries to carry around...and you all thought the grinch was heavy Shocked

billyjodonjimbo · Posted: Dec 31, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject:

yup definitely doable and would run super silent for stealth missions.

Alot more torque available at lower rpm's as well, so easy deep water starts.

Only sketchy thing is you probably need more than 12 Volts to get a enough power out of it, so it could get a little sketch working it near water.

me and my co-workers, who are electrical engineers, have been talking about building one for months now. We will get around to it once we don't have to work so freakin much.

erikmonty · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 845 City: jupiter

what kinda battery would u need...cause i know sony makes laptop battereis that run for days now and all that but it seems like you would need alot more juice, it would be sick for sure though if you could work it into a small and light package

Fryguy · Posted: Jan 02, 2009 9:27 am Post subject:

Yes you can silence a winch, for Burning Man my crew has several 6.5 Honda gennys. To silence them we used big Lexus mufflers used a reducer flange to mate to the lex pipe. They take an already quiet genny to almost silent. only drawback is the muffler is as big as the motor pretty much. im guessing you could use a smaller muffler but i picked these up from a local lexus club, with the cats attached $$$. Guess they didn't realize thy are worth about $100 a pop, Silly JDM, V.I.P,H.I.D, Organic Crack from Jersey, Import Kids, so much $ so little brains.

Cyclone268 · Posted: Jan 02, 2009 10:37 am Post subject:

Fryguy, do you have any pics?

Raven · Posted: Jan 04, 2009 8:46 am Post subject:

yo thanks for all the feedback guys. i would love to see some pics from burning man. that seems like it would be a blast. u so crazy fry. anyway.......if all the parts we're enclosed in some sort of water housing i'm guessing it would work. in fact i thought somebody was talking about an electric winch on here last year....it just seems one of the major hurdles when it comes to winching is finding an incognito spot...........stealth missions ftw!