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Z37 NARVICK Destroyer
… entful. During one of her first missions – to escort rescue tugs from mines off the Tyne estuary, HMS Kelly was struck by a mine and she sustained damage to her hull and in the end was towed back to port by one of the very tugs she was empl …
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Brushed or Brushless.
Hi Everyone, I am going to be building a springer tug and I thought that it would be a good idea to use brushless motors. And I really wish I left that can of worms firmly closed, for the past few hours, I've been trawling the net, forum af …
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Thrusters
Re - There is a plan of a Fire Tug from Richard Webb Doesn't say in the ad if it's a particular design Peter, but it was built by Whangarei Shipyards. 32.4m powered by Ruston/Paxman english electric engines of 1007kw ea (1350hp) Auxilliary …
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Brushed or Brushless.
… r torque motor. So as 'Rule of Thumb'; short fat low kV for tug towing, longer thinner high kV for fast planing hulls. Different manufacturers add extra number numbers or letters to designate a particular motor series or maybe max power in …
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Brushed or Brushless.
… and went for what I understood, and by all accounts, for a tug Brushed is the way to go-thankfully. After all brushed motors have been used for a long time and apart from some minor maintenance worked perfectly well, so that's good enough …
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Brushed or Brushless.
… got to add, I did a build blog a while back for my Springer Tug. Do a search in the build blogs for "rescue tug", hope it helps. Joe
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Brushed or Brushless.
Good luck with your springer tug build. I attached a drawing that I found online somewhere, this is what I used for my build. Hope it helps. Joe
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Thrusters
… see the maneuverability of the Voith Units it can turn the tug/ Water Tractor in it's own length!
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There is a plan of a Fire Tug from Richard Webb that looks virtually identical to your NZ tug JB - Same very high superstructure , deck etc - except your NZ one has no fire monitors / hoses. Think its still available from Sarik
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Here's a 1970 twin NZ built Voith tug (Kupe) for sale a while back, not too bad for room.
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That is what i like about Tugs Jb, the manoeuvrability. Great videos. Martin555.
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… a rocky seal island off Hout Bay in the same manner as the tug facing the jetty - and that only using two props with standard rudders - always amazed by his skill - no bow thruster either.............
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A couple of vids of Auckland tugs, one from the Orianas' final visit (2009) and a more recent one showing Voith tractors manouverability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsBPFl_E2tk JB
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… the water flow. Fixed Kort Nozzles were originally used on tugs and riverboats and were fixed the idea being to stop erosion of the riverbank (so I am told) You will see Fixed Korts with rudders and steerable Korts, my pusher tug which I m …
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… ouplings and rail drives Enormous Group. You can see when a tug has Voith Schnieder Propulsion as the deck has two large circular plates that access the drives on deck
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… both from Graupner Expensive! Graupner used to make a model tug called Parat that took 2 x Voith Units South African Harbour's had both but the Voith outmaneuvered the Schottel's and the Voith Equipped Water Tractors (Official Title) Tugs w …
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… ves that sit under the boat Mostly used for water tractors, Tugs and Deep sea Drilling as they can turn very quickly The Voith can turn on its own centre rotates 360 Deg and apply thrust and reverse in any direction . The Azimuth can rotate …
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… pods/thrusters. I have seen somewhere on the net that some Tugs having two of these fitted at the back end and that they can be steered individually. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this system ?. Martin555.
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Thrusters
… rust effects on the hull. Hence they are used on ships like tugs and trawlers up to 10 knots or so. Above that the drag of the ring starts to become higher than the thrust increase. They have no effect on power, only the engine can do that. …
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Which to build?
… red, searchlight that can be trained even saw a guy build a tug that could throw a heaving line with a mousetrap looking gadget. Then there was a salvage vessel that could lower a diver into the water with a crane. Really fun part was the t …
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Dutchmen
… erent on the water. Have a penchant for US type boats - Two Tugs and a USCG Cutter - a plan for a "Gasoline" tug from the twenties (drawn up all the parts) plus a kit of the Monterey fishing boat - which was based on the Mediterranean boats …
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Dutchmen
my dutch tug I build while stationed in Netherlands I also build a model of one of their fishing boats
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Latest government advice
Hi Red, I had a friend print off the plans of the beaver tug from the EeZeBuilt web site at 60% and have been playing around with paper templates to see if i can fit some rc equipment in. Struggling at the moment and starting to loose the p …
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battery drill motor
… controller............ Motor looks similar to the picture - Tug is only 13" overall
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Coronavirus Towboat
… ooked around for a simple boat to work on. I had a Zippkits tugster that I received as a prize at a boat regatta so I thought I'd see what I could do with it. It is a simple thing meant as a retriever for a disabled model. This kit is basic …
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battery drill motor
… pack cooked the ESC............ Prefer running the Lindberg tug - 5 AAA nicad cells ,7 pole printer motor (salvaged) - 1 to 1 1/2 hrs run time
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North Texas Shipwrights RC boat club
… you and Fred had some time on the water. The little pusher Tug worked very well. It is nice to see your boats in action after having been in lockdown for a while. Glad you both had fun. Martin555.
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battery drill motor
… remove the brass gear with a small puller. My 54 in Cervia Tug is powered by an Ex servo motor from a computer drive . No gearbox direct drive. 24 vdc motor but I run on 12 v lead gel cells. No need to worry about weight , this type of boa …