The self contained setup sounds good.....cheap is not always bad, just rebuild all the seals, etc. On all good designed hydraulic systems there...
water addict, The attached excel details the calculations for determining the moment arms, cg, and etc. There is a bit of a cost for this...
water addict, I have been working on a "Pipe Dream" boat for a year now, I have come up with a configuration using standard off the shelf...
Heavy Sulphation occurs when the battries are discharged below 50% and the usage has to be limited to a 50% discharge level. Also I mis-quoted...
Earlier, the battries are in series not parrallel....oops...
I have been reading the treads and there is a lot to consider..... The design I am working on does have a huge battery bank, the aux is electric,...
Guys, I have been working on my boat design (8.5m) for the past year and I have gotten to a point where I am evaluating a water heater....
jehardiman, alright cool stuff..... :D
jehardiman, This is lots of good info, especially for me, I have never been involved in anything over 48ft, and that was lofting from prints....
Gonzo, I have never built half models...., but I have built several models from autocad and they have been very accurate (taking scaling into...
Robert Gainer, Ilan Voyager really hit it on the head. (his post 8/31/04 @ 12:36PM) "Boats are moving three dimensional objects, it's very...
Par... One issue that I have been thinking about is the adhesives used to laminate the plywood together...? My concern is penitration of the...
