120ThingsIn20Years
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- Jan 28, 2015
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Hi people. I just thought I'd introduce myself, and my latest project. In known around the net as 120thingsin20years or more often as Bullwinkle II
It's been something I've been promising to do for 5 years or so, but I'm finally building the third incarnation of my boat Bullwinkle III.
I had to study electronics for a bit to sort some of the stuff I'll need to make, but the real reason for the delay is down to procrastination.
The current state of my boat is a pair of hulls on a trailer, with a crate containing 360watts of solar panels, a charge controller, a big deep cycle battery, a trolling motor, and 1.8m square of plywood. I also own a 1.8m square grow house frame and a swivel office chair.
The plan is to cut down the growhouse frame a bit to make it more stable, and mount the solar as it's roof. The office chair will control the existing rudders via some cables and pullies, and the trolling motor will be mounted roughly half way along, and halfway between the hulls. I'll cut the shaft and twist the top 90 degrees so I can use it like a motor bike throttle mounted near my chair.
The ultimate plan is to cruise 2000km along the Murray River, and add things to the boat as required. Things like a solar tracker to point the panels at the sun regardless of where the boats going, a garden etc etc etc
That's it.
So far I've made the tail lights work by replacing the bulbs with LEDs set in epoxy.
I've got quite a bit more to do
I'll have my head down for a bit looking at all the posts that will no doubt answer a lot of my existing questions, but I'm going to need some help
I'm also willing to help with anything I might have already happened to have filled my brain with so far, so please ask if you think I might know something.
By way of reference, for some reason I couldn't link to my blog in my profile, but a google search of my username might indicate some topics I might be ably to contribute to.
I'm getting pretty good at picking the right forums to join to learn stuff, so you all should think nice things about yourselves. You seem like a decent bunch of humans with a lot to share
Thanks in advance
Bullwinkle II
It's been something I've been promising to do for 5 years or so, but I'm finally building the third incarnation of my boat Bullwinkle III.
I had to study electronics for a bit to sort some of the stuff I'll need to make, but the real reason for the delay is down to procrastination.
The current state of my boat is a pair of hulls on a trailer, with a crate containing 360watts of solar panels, a charge controller, a big deep cycle battery, a trolling motor, and 1.8m square of plywood. I also own a 1.8m square grow house frame and a swivel office chair.
The plan is to cut down the growhouse frame a bit to make it more stable, and mount the solar as it's roof. The office chair will control the existing rudders via some cables and pullies, and the trolling motor will be mounted roughly half way along, and halfway between the hulls. I'll cut the shaft and twist the top 90 degrees so I can use it like a motor bike throttle mounted near my chair.
The ultimate plan is to cruise 2000km along the Murray River, and add things to the boat as required. Things like a solar tracker to point the panels at the sun regardless of where the boats going, a garden etc etc etc
That's it.
So far I've made the tail lights work by replacing the bulbs with LEDs set in epoxy.
I've got quite a bit more to do
I'll have my head down for a bit looking at all the posts that will no doubt answer a lot of my existing questions, but I'm going to need some help
I'm also willing to help with anything I might have already happened to have filled my brain with so far, so please ask if you think I might know something.
By way of reference, for some reason I couldn't link to my blog in my profile, but a google search of my username might indicate some topics I might be ably to contribute to.
I'm getting pretty good at picking the right forums to join to learn stuff, so you all should think nice things about yourselves. You seem like a decent bunch of humans with a lot to share
Thanks in advance
Bullwinkle II