Saturday, April 4, 2009















Controller Tray

The control computer, cpu battery backup, Iridium modem, current sensor, and power switches are mounted on a tray that fits into the rear of the upper middle tube.
















Steering Controller Motor

The motor that rotates the shaft of the trolling motor is mounted in the same tube as the controller tray. The motor has an incremental shaft encoder rear mounted that translates the motor shaft rotation into quadrature pulses.


















Trolling Motor

This is the main proplusion motor. The motor is a Minn-Kota saltwater trolling motor that has the capability of 55 pounds of thurst at full speed - 24 Volts dc and 6 Amps. For longer endurance of the motor, it will never go above 50% of rated thrust.

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