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gerard

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Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« on: May 30, 2016, 03:49:09 pm »
Hope you can help me, I am having trouble stopping the paddle spinning on the shaft when put under load,, tried putting superglue onto paddle and pushing back onto shaft, works for a while but then starts spinning . Any  tips for fixing it onto the shaft for good. Gerard
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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2016, 05:01:35 pm »
Hi Gérard

Try drilling a 1mm hole through the blade and shaft and put a brass or stainless pin in.
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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2016, 05:44:26 pm »
Hi Gerard, what battery are you using? Most thrusters I've used have a max voltage of 7.2
Higher voltage would cause the shaft to spin in the paddle. Are you using a speed controller
Or is full power on start up?


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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2016, 05:59:54 pm »
If you have a Raboesch bow thruster, it is locked in place by a grub screw, just shorten a hex wrench and you can tighten it back up.
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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2016, 05:22:29 pm »
Jonh44
Hi using a 7.5volt battery and it's going through a speed controller.
Gerard
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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2016, 05:27:08 pm »
Hi boat captain and kinmel, I'll try to put a pin in it but it might be hit and miss , and yes kinmel it is a Raboesch thruster can't see any grub screw, but I might be not seeing it eyes not too hot.
Gerard
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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2016, 05:29:10 pm »
I had the same issue with my tug boat, try running the thruster on 6 volt. Worked for me
I also have the big Raboesch thruster in my HMS Mersey and that runs spot on with 6v rather than 7.2v which was too fast and very noisy.


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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2016, 05:38:34 pm »
Quote from: J.beazley on June 01, 2016, 05:29:10 pm
I had the same issue with my tug boat, try running the thruster on 6 volt. Worked for me
I also have the big Raboesch thruster in my HMS Mersey and that runs spot on with 6v rather than 7.2v which was too fast and very noisy.


Jay


The string , however, is silent %%


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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2016, 05:44:13 pm »
Quote from: Netleyned on June 01, 2016, 05:38:34 pm

The string , however, is silent %%


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Re: Bow thruster in my 1/16 Severn
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2016, 05:47:39 pm »
Good to hear :-))


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