Drive and Glide Out Prop Surfboard

Abstract

This new art offers an improvement to conventional surfboards as well as any previous motorized surfboards. This application features a retractable propeller drive unit that is hoisted out of the water allowing the surfer to ride a wave without power or any dragging protrusions that detract from the surfboard's critical gliding ability when surfing waves. These Drive-N-Glide features are accomplished by having a brushless, waterproof, motor and prop drop into the water to power forward, then able to be hoisted above the planing water line by way of a waterproof servo allowing the surfboard to glide like a non-motorized one does. This application also features a retractable jet drive unit that is hoisted out of the water or dropped back in upon command. Also, there is a new stacked deck shape that allows for a five-inch plus surfboard thickness yet maintains thin rail sensitivity for turning performance plus a battery placement that levels out the weight bias caused by the aft motor placement. Also, this fine handling Drive-N-Glide surfboard can be operated by a handheld Bluetooth controlled trigger unit or the control means outlined in Derrah U.S. Pat. No. 9,718,521 B2 and Derrah U.S. Pat. No. 10,532,797 B2.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A surfboard having a body with top and bottom surfaces, wherein the body of the surfboard is configured to support a surfer lying in a prone position or standing on the top surface while moving forward, the surfboard defining a longitudinal axis and having a nose at the forward part of the surfboard and a tail at the aft part, also having two side fins and with foam and fiberglass construction the surfboard is configured to be electric powered and is equipped with at least one brushless outrunner motor that is operatively connected to at least two folding propeller blades that are contained within the shape of the surfboard tail where a hoisting frame is connected having a twin spar top with two pulley wheels that guide a line to a servo placed in the surfboard hull that lifts said brushless outrunner motor up and out of the water or drops it down to click into the run position below the planing waterline, wherein a different motor and a straight tube jet unit can be attached at the top of the jet housing with a carrier fin that connects to a traveler block that slides within the same said hoisting frame that hoists an outrunner prop setup wherein both drive units are capable of powering a surfboard forward, allowing a surfer to field and catch waves without paddling, wherein as soon as the wave is moving the surfboard forward, the surfer can push a button that enacts a power off sequence provided in a circuit board contained within the body of the surfboard, and configured to receive throttle commands as well as servo and linear actuator commands to lift either said drive unit out of the water, eliminating any dragging protrusions from disrupting water flow therefore enabling the surfboard to glide freely and the surfer to ride on the wave's power only, a retractable propeller drive motor that is configured to be pulled up past the planing waterline allowing the surfboard to glide, made possible by a servo with a large arm that pulls and lets out, wherein the motor and prop drops down into the water by its own weight then clicks into place by way of a hold down clip that can release by a vertical upward pull from a hoisting line that runs through three pulleys then ends at said servo arm, a surfboard top surface including a stacked deck which provides at least a five inch board thickness at a prone and standing area wherein triple layered side rails reveal that the first layer mimicks a two and a half inch thick fine handling non-powered surfboard, wherein the two stacked layers above it provide a spray file as well as necessary extra flotation without sacrificing thin rail sensitivity and turning performance, a retractable motor/jet drive unit that is configured to be pulled up past the planing waterline allowing the surfboard to glide, made possible by a servo with a large arm that pulls and lets out, wherein the motor/jet drive unit drops down into the water by its own weight then clicks into place by way of a hold down clip that can release by a vertical upward pull from a hoisting line that runs through three pulleys then ends at said servo arm.