director tug

[g6hfk]

  Hi as a newbe to paddle power I have located gear motors or the gear boxes for the tanks. Can you tell me how to connect to the paddle wheels? I am more used to propshafts

  thanks Les aka g6hfk

[DamienG]

Welcome Some use gears on paddle shaft and motor I use pulleys you can see how I achieved it in the threads Sea Road Lady and Lady of the Lake  they're silent compared to gears.
I'm sure others will share their ideas as well.

Damien.

[g6hfk]

 

   thanks for the reply I get the idea from the pictures

   Les

[bill stafford]

tooth belts are my favorite,HTB metric , rather than MXL, you can also use them to reduce motor revs , by using a reduction ratio of 3:1/4:1,as I aim for 300/350 rpm , at the paddle wheels , new simple paddle tug is using 1000 rpm motors ,540 motors+2, through 3:1 t/belt ,to get proper paddle wheel shaft revs
I have stripped a set of MXL , by turning on the receiver , before the TX , oops !!!
there is no noise w belts
bills