I'm planning electric drive but will use the reversability of the
electric motor for reverse. I think your idea would work better with
an outboard electric motor.
My impression re regeneration is that the benefits are too marginal
to make it worth relying on. A small increase in solar panel size
would be just as effective with no extra drag.
Cheers,
Col Campey
--- In harryproa@yahoogrou
tenacity@...
>
> I was cruising the Solomon Technologies site. I like the idea of
> electric drive. I don't like internal combustion engines, I don't
> motor very much. I don't like the idea of dragging those bloody
great
> props around.
>
> So I thought about recharging with the props till the batteries are
> nearly full, then getting them out of the water and using solar/wind
> to top them off.
>
> Would this work. A Single (or double) Solomon drive mounted on the
> centreline of the boat with a shaft that drops down to the water
when
> in use. The drive unit is hinged. The hinge allows it to rotate 180
so
> it can pass through vertical (don't do this in shallow water) and
> "shunt" so you can motor/recharge on either tack.
>
> Hope I described that adequately.
> Am I nuts?
>
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