3.6 Fitting Of Hull Closing Plate - MAX power COMPACT RETRACT 12 V Mechanical And Electrical Installation Manual

3.6 FITTING OF HULL CLOSING PLATE

Once the thruster unit is permanently bolted onto
the mounting base, and once all electrical
connections are completed you are now ready to fix
the mounting plate to the base of the turbine.
WARNING : Please keep in mind that the thruster
unit will automatically retract after 10 minutes, when
in 'Normal Operation Mode'. Thus before doing any
work on the turbine, please ensure that thruster is in
"Manual / Installation Mode". When in doubt remove
fuse in supply of the electronic control box.
A) Go into 'Installation Mode' (see section 4.4 of
this document for more detail on all operation
modes) which will automatically lower the turbine
and bring it back up, stopping 10mm short of the
fully 'Up' position and switch off automatically.
B) Position & center the composite fixing bracket
onto the turbine, make sure the bottom of the
bracket is parallel to the hull line and mark the
position of the four fixing holes on turbine.
C) Go into 'Manual Mode' lower thruster
completely and drill these marked holes in turbine,
mount the plate onto the turbine using stainless
steel bolts with nylock nuts. After this is finished
raise the thruster completely and switch the unit
into 'Installation Mode', the thruster is now ready
for the hull closing plate to be fixed.
D) Place a sufficient amount of reinforced
fibreglass on the hull closing plate and firmly
push the closing plate into its rebate, leaving it
close until resin has set.
E) Once dry go into 'Manual Mode', lower unit and
remove bracket with closing plate, fill up and finish
off any gaps, after which the closing plate should
be fixed to the bracket by means off nuts and
bolts. You now have your closing plate
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STERN
Thruster Unit
( b )
Hull
Shaved Down
Hull Cut-out
STERN
Hull
STERN
Hull
BOW
Hull
Alloy
Plate
( d )
Bracket
BOW
Hull
BOW
Hull