MAC's 2nd build

My E-foil #3 was down for repairs. So I dusted off E-foil #2. It still works, 31 total runs at this time.
A couple years ago, seems like half of the guys were building using wet 80100 motors. Any of them still working?

OLD STUFF
APS 80100 dry pod out runner filled with 10 ml mineral oil.
APS ESC
Big relay and safety lanyard.
Water pump.
Eagle speed data logger.
V1 control

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Hey Dougm
I agree with your Navy friend, what I have found after half a career at sea is that the best way to protect electronics in that environment is with a positive pressure enclosure, however to it is very low pressure. For example in Australia it is around 30-60 pa for hazardous area classification Ex p protected enclosures. You could build a very cheap piston accumulator out of conduit or plastic tubing, O rings and a spring but you would have to find a cost effective flow regulator to make sure that you don’t compromise your seal. To charge the accumulator you could blow it up through a typical inflation valve by breath and you could also use a simple digital switch to warn of low accumulator pressure.