Hi all,
Haven't designed my drop weight
mechanism yet, but are toying with the
idea of using electromagnets.
Was looking at some gate holding
magnets that had a holding force of 1200 lb &
a draw of only 500mA off 12V.
They were a tad expensive so will look for an alternative.
The positives I see are that the
system would be easy to put
together, (possibly with multiple
magnets
for making the weights more manageable), & you
could drop your
weights very quickly. The negatives are you would not want to
turn the power off before
you were on land & you would
need a system of locking the weights in place for transport
or alternatively remove them.
Is this system used elsewhere,
any thoughts??
Alan