Remote Control
Roger Davies
facility to his narrow boat to make single-handing flights easier. I
seem to recall he moored at Hawne Basin. Does anyone here know how he
achieved this and whether it was a success? I assume it involved
hydraulic steering and engine controls. Did this make steering heavy
when being used manually?
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Roger Davies
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Kevin Maslin
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> Some years ago I remember reading about a guy who added a
remote control
> facility to his narrow boat to make single-handing flights
easier. I
> seem to recall he moored at Hawne Basin. Does anyone here know
how he
> achieved this and whether it was a success?
Couldn't comment on the technicalities other than to say I've
heard it works quite well, but you'll find this is Edwin Fasham
and the boat "Ferrous".
ATB
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David and Jacqui Mack
Roger Davies <ro...@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Some years ago I remember reading about a guy who added a remote control
> facility to his narrow boat to make single-handing flights easier. I
> seem to recall he moored at Hawne Basin. Does anyone here know how he
> hydraulic steering and engine controls. Did this make steering heavy
> when being used manually?
Some years ago I heard about a chap who fitted radio control to his gearbox
(but not steering), so that he could motor in and out of locks without
having to climb on and off all the time. And instead of fitting a
mechanical linkage to the steering position he simply ran some wires to a
couple of push button switches. The radio receiver was on all the time.
This was about the time when illegal CB sets appeared using the same
frequencies as those allocated to radio controlled models. The result was
that whenever the local kids with CBs were in range he suffered random gear
changes!
David
Paul E. Bennett
ro...@nospam.demon.co.uk "Roger Davies" writes:
> Some years ago I remember reading about a guy who added a remote control
> facility to his narrow boat to make single-handing flights easier. I
> seem to recall he moored at Hawne Basin. Does anyone here know how he
> achieved this and whether it was a success? I assume it involved
> hydraulic steering and engine controls. Did this make steering heavy
> when being used manually?
Whilst it could have been hydraulic controls, it could equally have been
electric servo. When remotes are not in use they canusually be decoupled
from the mechanism's or have little drag effect.
If you require a solution email me. It will be bespoke of course as the
remote facility is not yet an off-the shelf component.
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Going Forth Safely
Brian Holt
David and Jacqui Mack wrote in message <87vc8d$4p6$2...@gxsn.com>...
>> facility to his narrow boat to make single-handing flights easier.
>Some years ago I heard about a chap who fitted radio control to his gearbox
>(but not steering), so that he could motor in and out of locks without
>having to climb on and off all the time. And instead of fitting a
>mechanical linkage to the steering position he simply ran some wires to a
>couple of push button switches. The radio receiver was on all the time.
A Hydraulic drive boat that was on display at Braunston a few years back had
the engine and controls in the bow. The gear leaver operated switches that
activated solenoids on the hydraulic system for forward and reverse drive.
--
Brian from sunny Suffolk by the river Hundred who also posts to the Mailing
list at www.ukwaterways.net. and UKCa...@onelist.com
>
>David
>
>
Rhys Jones
earth movers for use in hazardous places. Invariably these use some clever
remote control servo's connected to Hydraulics. These tend to have a chunky
ruggedised box for the joysticks. How these work I have not a clue but in
this age of digital encoding I suspect that the commands are transmitted in
this format. This would at least prevent the boat going off on it own every
time a taxi passed.
What a load of complexity guaranteed to go wrong in the rain, miles from
anywhere and at the most in convenient time.
Hassle!, Hassle! and more Hassle!. All this jumping on and off boats keeps
us fit. Despite the odd dunking.
What about shifting the emphasis onto BW. Remote control locks operated by
the ubiquitous T.V. remote. Much neater solution and no need to leave the
boat until pub time.
"Brian Holt" <Brian...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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Steve Blinkhorn
: Hassle!, Hassle! and more Hassle!. All this jumping on and off boats keeps
: us fit. Despite the odd dunking.
: What about shifting the emphasis onto BW. Remote control locks operated by
: the ubiquitous T.V. remote. Much neater solution and no need to leave the
: boat until pub time.
Ah, but you see the whole point is to get the exercise of jumping on
and off boats, in my case since 'er indoors ends up having to do it on
her own, because she's not confident about steering in and out of
locks.
For those who are interested, the last piece in the jigsaw of my
remote control is a tiller actuator. The digital and radio parts
turned out to be easy and cheap, not to mention immune from
interference by taxis and the like. Getting a suitable tiller
actuator is less straightforward - and the engine control is trivial
given that it's already electronic - but I want something that
automatically disengages and doesn't load or prevent manual steering.
Raytheon have a device I mean to find out about as soon as I have the
time.
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Steve Blinkhorn <st...@prd.co.uk>
Brian Holt
Steve Blinkhorn wrote in message <8840rl$nh$1...@fastnet.prd.co.uk>...
>Rhys Jones (Erj.Canal.yo...@tesco.net) wrote:
>: Hassle!, Hassle! and more Hassle!. All this jumping on and off boats
keeps
>: us fit. Despite the odd dunking.
>: What about shifting the emphasis onto BW. Remote control locks operated
by
>: the ubiquitous T.V. remote. Much neater solution and no need to leave the
>: boat until pub time.
>For those who are interested, the last piece in the jigsaw of my
>remote control is a tiller actuator. The digital and radio parts
>turned out to be easy and cheap, not to mention immune from
>interference by taxis and the like. Getting a suitable tiller
>actuator is less straightforward - and the engine control is trivial
>given that it's already electronic - but I want something that
>automatically disengages and doesn't load or prevent manual steering.
>Raytheon have a device I mean to find out about as soon as I have the
>time.
systen using a magnetic clutch and a reversable motor
--
Brian from sunny Suffolk by the river Hundred who also posts to the Mailing
list at www.ukwaterways.net. and UKCa...@onelist.com
>
>
>--
>Steve Blinkhorn <st...@prd.co.uk>