Subject: Re: [harryproa] Idle thoughts on electric drives
From: "Rob Denney" <harryproa@gmail.com>
Date: 6/17/2008, 8:56 AM
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Reply-to:
harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au

G'day,

Electric drive is certainly getting popular. Your scenario would
certainly work, but i am not yet convinced about recharging. There
are smaller volume electric motors than the Solomon and we are looking
at a variety of ideas including mounting them on the rudders on lift
up brackets so they are steerable and out of the water when not
required. Electric motor and battery technology is still getting
better and cheaper so no one is buying them until they have to,
although Blind Date now has an electric auxillary to aid with
steering. Should have some feedback on this by the end of the summer.

regards,
Rob.

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 1:27 PM, oceanplodder2003 <dana-tenacity@usa.net> wrote:
> 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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