electrics continued.

short delay caused by doing a delivery bilbao to dublin of a small
voith schneider propelled tug called Beaufort for dublin port company.
6 days to take over from shipyard, obtain certificates and prepare for sea passage. 4 beautiful days at sea with very kind weather force 3 max. we had to go round the coast of biscay for insurance purposes but more days more dollars. a day handover in dublin, night in hotel then back to holyhead on ferry. no flying, yippee!!

got home to find speed controllers had arrived so installed all
electrics. but then found transmitter had been affected by damp
so could not program it for new model. sent that off to the
graupner transmitter krankenhaus for repair. while waiting for
that to return did float test in bath, shifted main batteries
to obtain required trim and found she floats on her marks with
no further ballasting required.
am using 2 x 12v, 7 A/hr gell batteries mounted on their sides
for main motors,
1 x 6v pack of 4 x 1.5 v 2500 mA/hr NiMH AA cells for bow
thruster.

2 x 20 Amp viper marine reversable electronic speed controllers
(esc) for main motors.
1 x 10 Amp esc for thruster.

2 x standard servos for port and starboard rudders.
2 x 20 Amp switches and 1 x 10 Amp switch for main motors
and thruster respectively.
2 x 15 amp fuses for motors and 1 x 5 Amp fuse for bow
thruster.
intend rigging external charging points for batteries so won't
need to disturb covers.

1st pic shows main batteries, receiver and its powerpack.
2nd shows antenna exit point between port funnel and deckhouse.
3rd shows escs and servos with esc switches.
4th shows motor and thruster switches and fuses.

total hours 300 dead.

although this model more involved than voith "parat" experience
gained doing her stood me in good stead for this one.

am going away again next week to deliver a supply boat from
ravenna (Italy) to Istanbul. should get 2 weeks out of that.