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11-04-2010, 07:52 PM
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| New ZF pod for single installations ZF have released a pod drive suitable for engines up to 480 hp for single engine installations. They are also marketing the unit as a joy-stick package with their own bow thruster, which - even though it's electric - has a 10 minute duty cycle. The pod is able to rotate through 180 degrees (90 degrees port & stbd) giving full joy-stick control. I've never been a particular fan of pods - preferring the trimming ability and less vulnerable nature of sterndrives. But this will certainly throw a(nother) cat amongst the pigeons... http://www.boattest.com/engines/Engi...aspx?ID=440024
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11-04-2010, 08:15 PM
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| With the right programmer, I suppose this could be used for dynamic positioning. Thanks for sharing. |
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11-04-2010, 08:24 PM
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| Nice item, yes. They say even 30 minutes for the thruster! Wow that is impressive. |
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11-04-2010, 08:28 PM
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#5
11-04-2010, 09:13 PM
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Friedrichshafen you know. One of the German cluster points since ages, when it comes to outstanding engineering and quality. Zeppelin, ZF, MTU, Dornier and so on. |
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#6
11-04-2010, 10:23 PM
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| Thrusters AC thruster, emmmm, only found this one on DC, massive current of course. Does anyone have any details of the AC units, needs of course a gen set running now, may even be 3 phase.....therein lies a few problems. The units are not very large in the hole size.
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#7
11-04-2010, 10:33 PM
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| Yes - I just took a look at that brochure on their website - about the only info I've found. AC, but still 12 - 48 v supplied. As said, ZF aren't silly... doubt they'd be suggesting thrusters for smaller recreadtional craft that required gensets to be running or 3-phase power supplies... Part of the long duty cycle must be down to the variable speed... note that it says up to 30 minutes.....
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#8
11-04-2010, 10:37 PM
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| ...right, that could well be the key work, thanks for the info.
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