Wednesday, August 12, 2009

drive fix brainstorm

hey all,

since i dont have daniel here, and my dad is working on getting our fridge fixed (a far more important issue than bouncing ideas w/ me), i'm gonna bounce ideas off you. and clearly you're not going to bounce them back, but at least i'm putting thme out there. here goes:

symptom: the boat turns to the right
possible cause(s): the left motor is more efficient; is better aligned; is better greased; other
comments: its prolly not better greasing because the problem existed before i greased both prop shafts. they're the same motor so i gotta believe its not that

symptom: wash from props goes up not back
cause: not enough weight; bad prop angle; wrong prop rotation
comments: in terms of the prop rotation, i don't really know what i'm talking about here, but i keep reading online that the props are right and left handed and they should be spinning a particular way. i'll ask my guy if i can't solve it

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spent an hour or two working on it and got nowhere. just called the guy i know who battles the boats and learned the motors are supposed to be turning opposite ways and the props should be as well (duh). he suggested that might solve both problems! good thing i read stuff online! im gonna go try some stuff!

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