Re: Pressure compensated thrusters?

[Rick Lucertini <empiricus@sprint.ca>]

STEVE McColman wrote:

> >Where can I find information about pressure compensation techniques for
> thrusters?
> >Did anybody oil-filled (or pressure-compensated) a trolling motor?
> >
> >Paolo Velcich
> >industrial designer

> Since there is always going to be a pocket of air at the very top
> of my rear ballast tank, I plan on running a tube from my trolling
> motors up to the top of that ballast tank. That should work shouldnt
> it???
>
> Steve McColman, Canada

Hi, Steve and all - that's an idea I thought of, too.  It'll work as long as you make sure that the
pocket is a true air sump and not just a bubble that will move around exposing the intake of the
compensating pipe to seawater.

Rick in Vancouver.