04-08-2014, 07:31 AM
With some boats where a motor can be mounted in front of the legs, it might be possible to steer with the ankle/shin area. A special shaped and angled tiller that hovers between the legs might used to turn the motor. Something like the "big foot" of years ago.
Another possibility is to use wireless remote steering control or mechanical control. The hand remote would be rebuilt or adapted to run with foot or other pressure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIUIjzxP6WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zyR8OmJIBM
There are also systems that use 2 motors and steer by adjusting the thrust balance between them. http://freedomelectricmarine.com/blog/20...roduction/
Maybe a skilled hobbiest like MD would be able to work one of these options out for our smaller float tubes or pontoons....
Just some ideas, FWIW. Hope this helps.
Pon
[quote MasterDaad]
I get that it's really easy to steer with fins but the poster asking the questions specifically said he CAN'T use them.
I didn't pry into why I just accept that as the conditions of the conversation.
One thing that may help a great deal is one of the fins you can clip onto the electric motor that gives you a big rudder. Adding some sort of keel onto the toon will help as well.
In the case of my pedal pontoon, the mirage drive acts as a keel and the rudder works fairly well but I'm still tweaking the construction.[/quote]
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Another possibility is to use wireless remote steering control or mechanical control. The hand remote would be rebuilt or adapted to run with foot or other pressure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIUIjzxP6WM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zyR8OmJIBM
There are also systems that use 2 motors and steer by adjusting the thrust balance between them. http://freedomelectricmarine.com/blog/20...roduction/
Maybe a skilled hobbiest like MD would be able to work one of these options out for our smaller float tubes or pontoons....
Just some ideas, FWIW. Hope this helps.
Pon
[quote MasterDaad]
Quote:I can't use fins so worrying about steering is just something I will have to put up with
I get that it's really easy to steer with fins but the poster asking the questions specifically said he CAN'T use them.
I didn't pry into why I just accept that as the conditions of the conversation.
One thing that may help a great deal is one of the fins you can clip onto the electric motor that gives you a big rudder. Adding some sort of keel onto the toon will help as well.
In the case of my pedal pontoon, the mirage drive acts as a keel and the rudder works fairly well but I'm still tweaking the construction.[/quote]
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