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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Steam => Topic started by: IKB on August 30, 2016, 12:14:35 am

Title: TID Tug
Post by: IKB on August 30, 2016, 12:14:35 am

Hi Guys,


I bought this tiny TID tug off eBay about a year ago and finally got around to bench testing, it works well, but everything could do with improving.


https://youtu.be/_XVSUOjUta8


Alex

Title: Re: TID Tug
Post by: rhavrane on August 30, 2016, 08:21:31 am

Bonjour Alex,
Nice little tug but not so many room to work around the steam plant !
If you wish improving it, may I suggest you to add a whistle ? This is the solution I found to do it on the boats which had not one originally :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9zPSqf2rMw  or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-EI3i1Bhcc  :-))
For security reasons, I also equip all my boats with a gas regulator and a remote controlled safety gas valve (examples) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvwAnXhN4WE  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCgLBAxieNU 
And if you wish testing other navigation possibilities, there is FPV : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOi_KWU_OCc  :police:

Title: Re: TID Tug
Post by: IKB on August 31, 2016, 10:46:00 am

Bonjour rhavarne,

I am going to look at adding a whistle, the issue I have at the moment is space, or lack there of and although a whistle would be great, I would prefer to start and stop the engine remotely, which means fitting another servo, as well as rebuilding the engine into a, "V" configuration.

Alex

Title: Re: TID Tug
Post by: ooyah/2 on August 31, 2016, 04:36:25 pm

Quote from: IKB on August 31, 2016, 10:46:00 am

Bonjour rhavarne,

I am going to look at adding a whistle, the issue I have at the moment is space, or lack there of and although a whistle would be great, I would prefer to start and stop the engine remotely, which means fitting another servo, as well as rebuilding the engine into a, "V" configuration.

Alex

Alex,
Forget about a whistle, Tugs don't have them it's Bull Horns they have.
As you are stuck for space have a look at this Mini servo (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9g-Mini-Micro-Servo-RESIN-gears-Futaba-JR-Hitec-NEW-/221377315788?hash=item338b1dc3cc )  I have used them for control valves and even as a rudder servo and the prices are good, the company has a quick delivery.

Also forget about Gas control and boiler level control, these can all be added if you wish in a latger boat later, they are not a necessity .

I look forward to see how you squeeze the controls in.

George.

Title: Re: TID Tug
Post by: rhavrane on September 01, 2016, 08:02:44 am

Bonjour George,
Quite easier to add a whistle than a Bull horn in a steam tug  ;)
And I would complete that you can put  all what I described in a little boat, you are right, with mini servos.
This is what I did in my 82 cm Jan de Sterke tug for example (vertical boiler) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHinBwExwpA or its brother Otto Laufer (horizontal boiler): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuJ3wwVg-IU
I confirm, there is no room !

Title: Re: TID Tug
Post by: IKB on September 01, 2016, 08:15:55 am

Hi Guys,

I really don't have any room, my TID is half the size of rhavarne's, "Jan de Sterke"  %%

Alex