Mitek’s Revolve is an electric outboard motor that rotates—across a horizontal axis—out of the water and above the tender’s transom lines when not in use, and then back into the brine when propulsion is required. This clever design reduces the outboard’s footprint, meaning that it can be installed once, rather than removed and reinstalled each time the tender is used. Mitek also designed Revolve so that multiple motors can be used in parallel, depending on a customer’s propulsion needs.
“The main technical challenge was achieving the right power-to-size ratio,” says Silvia Peduto, Mitek’s sales manager, noting that the system had to accommodate standard tender beam and transom dimensions without compromising power. “Mechanically, the system had to synchronize three independent motor functions: propulsion, steering and rotational retraction, all within one compact, watertight assembly.” Additionally, Peduto says, the outboard had to deliver a nominal power of 15 kilowatts (the equivalent of 20 hp) while being able to disappear within the hull lines when retracted. To accomplish this, Peduto says that Mitek custom-designed and engineered all components, and handled all prototyping and production in-house.
Mitek offers four Revolve outboards with four power ratings: 6 hp, 10 hp, 15 hp and 20 hp. These all run on 48-volt systems. For this year, Mitek plans to release 30 hp and 40 hp models that can support bigger tenders or more power-intensive applications.
How It Works
Mitek’s Revolve outboards are designed for wheel-driven RIBs that have electric-steering systems. Skippers control the positioning of their Revolve outboard via buttons on a helm-side control panel. The buttons activate rotation motors that move the Revolve motor into and out of the water. Revolve outboards articulate through 90 degrees (port to starboard) for cruising, and through 180 degrees for docking.
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