The project starts now.

[Petrov]

Twin ZF Minirex 40 together with twin Yanmar 480 and a Jet thruster

[Petrov]

And it will be fitted in this one.
Everything starts on thuesday when boat arrives

[codprawn]

Is that the new jet thruster that uses a hydraulic drive off the engine???

[Nasher]

They look like surface drives to me.

Nasher

[bogib]

The MiniRex are surface drives, to me picture three probably contains this jet thruster...... although those items on itself doesn´t say much......

Bogi

[Petrov]

The thruster comes from a company named Willdo in Holland, its a powerfull pump for it size and its a 80mm hoose for intake and 55mm for blow and gives a pressure of approx 50bars, never tried it before so will se if it works, the company name says it will do (very bad one)

[codprawn]

Originally Posted by Petrov

The thruster comes from a company named Willdo in Holland, its a powerfull pump for it size and its a 80mm hoose for intake and 55mm for blow and gives a pressure of approx 50bars, never tried it before so will se if it works, the company name says it will do (very bad one)

Yes thats the one - it's the same bloke who started Vetus. You can have outlets all over the boat and they need much smaller holes than normal thrusters.

[Petrov]

Correct, thats the guy who started Vetus.
Will be very interesting to se how it works, as i understod he started with this thruster during his time at Vetus but when he sold it they didnt want to continue develop the thruster so he keept it and continued him self to develop the thruster and it has been lots of changes since then.

[paul holder]

how do you stear
were does the 50bar jet go .out of what .
why is this beter than putting all the power through the props

[Petrov]

Originally Posted by paul holder

how do you stear
were does the 50bar jet go .out of what .
why is this beter than putting all the power through the props

Its stearable and trimable drives.
We will put the boat into the water before we fit the thruster, the in will be in botttom transom and out approx 3-3,5m from bow depending on how the boat lays in water.
What do you mean with all power thrue the props, the thruster is like a bow thruster so the manouverability gets better in slow speeds when you are in the harbours etc.

[RibRoy]

Hi Janis,

Is this a 11m or 13m RING?

Is this the boat you will use for the record attempt?

[Petrov]

Its a 13m, no its not for a record attempt, thats a 11,3m

[Petrov]

The drives are fitted

[Andy Gee]

Originally Posted by Petrov

The thruster comes from a company named Willdo in Holland, its a powerfull pump for it size and its a 80mm hoose for intake and 55mm for blow and gives a pressure of approx 50bars, never tried it before so will se if it works, the company name says it will do (very bad one)

I had been looking at these for some time but couldn't find any real trials on them, good on you for getting one .I would be interested to see how it compares to a convential thruster, please keep us informed as I'm sure you will,
Andy

[Petrov]

Some more pics, the guy to the right is the founder of Jolly drive and guy in the middle is the boss of ZF marine.

[Cookee]

Originally Posted by Petrov

Twin ZF Minirex 40 together with twin Yanmar 480 and a Jet thruster

Do you have any web links for the jet thruster?

Thanks,

[Petrov]

Originally Posted by Cookee

Do you have any web links for the jet thruster?

Thanks,

www.willdo.nl

[Petrov]

Props arrived today, looks smoth

[Neanderthaler]

Janis....


news????

[Petrov]

Soon, not long time left.