The electric hydrofoil surfboard Waydoo Flyer was shown first time at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. The Waydoo E-Foil is developed in Shenzhen China and shall be on sale starting March 2019. Founder Denis Zhu is wakeboarder and founded a company last year which develops next to the powered Hydrofoil Board of Waydoo Flyer and also works with fixed wing aircrafts and drones for agriculture. While Waydoo has no water sports background they bet on their experience in electronics and wing design which they know from the fixed wing aircrafts. The drone company DJI is an investor.
The E-HydroFoil Board from Waydoo us using a 6,000 W motor which is supposed to be good for 35 km/h. The Samsung 18650 lithium batteries offer a run time of 40-60 minutes. Charging time 2 hours. The battery pack looks similar to the one of Liftfoils, but has no data connection. The 2 ports are for charging and the power connection to the board. Application of the mature industrial-grade UAV energy management system to ensure the high-standard safety, the Waydoo Flyer battery features a better intelligent charge and discharge management with the maximum endurance time of 75 minutes. When the battery is lower than 20%, the first LED of remote control will flash and the output power of the motor is halved. At this point, the rider shall return to shore. The Waydoo hydrofoil was already tested by a lot of eSurfer and is positioned as an easy to learn electric hydrofoil surfboard.
The remote control has LED indicators for battery power and speed level. Waydoo Flyer is controlled by a wireless remote control designed with IP67 waterproof. The remote control communicates with the electric hydrofoil surfboard via Bluetooth. The player can control the speed by pulling the trigger. The speed level can next to throttle also be controlled with 2 buttons (plus and minus). This is similar to the virtual gears of the Fliteboard. In general the entire setup looks very similar to Fliteboard and Liftfoils eFoil. Quality wise the eSurfboards looked cheaper though.
The electric hydrofoil surfboard Waydoo Flyer comes with a GoPro mount at the nose of the board which we found an interesting gimmick. Also, the fact that the mast can be taken off with a quick release without any tools is unique. The weight of the whole E-Foil board is 17 kg without battery (30 kg in total) and can load riders up to 120 kg according to Dennis. The length of the Hydrofoil board is 186 cm and it is 72 cm wide and 18 cm thick.
