After negotiating the day off work today luckily
I have fitted the bow thruster into the lower hull. As you can see by the picture its not finished yet, as the fillers show. But its in place and the outer hull is done. It took a little bit of re-working as I said previousley i was a bit over zealous with the hole cutter, so more fillers please!
Its in and I have the capacitors on order and the wires ready. While I was on with making the outer hull presentable again I have smoothed off the rough edges on the fins and rudders, and filled the gaps. I have had to reinforce the tip of the stern, as it was so thin I put my finger through it. I mean so thin the gel coat was the only thing there.
While all that was done I moved back to the electronics. My second speed controller turned up today and it was a fairly easy job wiring them all up. I am using the Mtonicks Viper Marine 20, just a standard 20 amp speed controller. One of the easyest ones I have had to set up, literally plug it all in, turn it on, press one button and its calibrated. And the benefit of it being 100% (aparently) waterproof. Just in case!
Both motors work, and pull a max of 4 amps I think it was?
Basically the bits left are fiddly bits on the hull, I have ordered a few stantions for handrails, the rails on the outer casing, painting and finishing. Oh and tidying up the wires and fixing in the hardwear inside. I might upgrade the battery while I am on, I am trying to find the highest capacity 6V one I can get. Think this one might be heavey on the juice
Then the pressure testing and ballasting
