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How fast will a 30 lb thrust trolling motor go? ›

In fact two 55 pound thrust motors will not move you any faster than one 30 pound thrust motor. Higher thrust 12V trolling motors are designed for bigger heavier boats with larger payloads. The maximum speed of a trolling motor is 5 mph regardless of how many pounds of thrust.

A 55lb thrust trolling motor in similar circ*mstances will achieve around 4 miles per hour. A 62lb thrust motor will reach about 4.5 miles per hours. Finally, an 86lb thrust motor can get up to about 5 miles per hour.

Fisherman with specially outfitted bay boats tend to choose medium 70 to 80 lbs thrust motors and frequently with i-Pilot/GPS control. These motors are great in moderate breezes and moving currents.

So 1 hp trolling motor basically equals to 70 lbs of thrust, and about 0.6 horsepower is a 55 lb thrust trolling.

As a general rule, we recommend a 110 amp hour (Ah) rating per battery for 6-8 hours of runtime. If you have a lower Amp Hour rating, you will want to calculate the runtime for your motor. The chart below will show the max amp draw for your motor based on the thrust.

A common misconception about trolling motors is that increasing thrust will increase the top speed of a motor, unfortunately, this is not the case. Electric motors differ from gasoline motors, however one measurement that can be applied to each type is Revolutions Per Minute, or RPMs.

Using a Newport Vessels 55lb thrust motor continuously for two hours at full speed would require a battery with a 100-120 AH rating. On the flip side, two hours at lower speeds with breaks will only require a battery between 50-100 AH rating.

Larger boats require more thrust, and higher voltage trolling motors offer greater thrust capabilities. Typically, 12V trolling motors provide around 55 pounds of thrust, while 24V options typically offer 70-80 pounds. 36V trolling motors can provide around 100 pounds of thrust.

How many pounds of thrust is equal to 1 horsepower? ›

At 550 ft per second, one pound of thrust = 1 horsepower. On the runway with the brakes locked going zero feet per second, one pound of thrust = zero horsepower. You would need a load cell that can measure the thrust of the engine while the plane is flying since dynamic thrust may be lower than static thrust.

So every 746 watts is roughly equivalent to 1 horsepower. Using this formula the popular Newport Vessels NV-Series 55lb Thrust Trolling Motor is rated as 624 watts at the highest forward speed and so 624/746 = 0.84 and would be roughly equivalent to a 0.84 horsepower motor.

If you do, you'll usually find trolling motors measure up between a half horsepower and 2hp. As an example, the mid-size 55lb thrust trolling motor has the equivalent power of about 0.84 hp.

I have the 30lb MinnKota.. It is equal roughly to one horsepower.

30 pounds thrust (written as pounds-force, or lbf) is a measure of force. In SI units, that's ~133.5 Newtons. We can use Newton's second law of motion to determine acceleration as a result of force applied onto a given mass.