This is a eight foot model of an oil tanker trials , with a single prop at the stern as normal .but at the bow a new design thruster , comprising of two motor/shaft/prop set up's , one each side. Azipod propulsion system the authors barun gupta 4th year this model is located inside the hull of ship. the shaft can be rotated with azipods are steered without a rudder, similarly as small boats use an outboard motor for power and steering (but with their rear-mounted propellers, outboards "push" their vessels, while azipod, with. Remote control ship models in general, we charge about $1,000 for the labor and electronics for a medium size model boat (about 3' long.) labor includes making the boat model waterproof, installing rc hardware and electronics, and testing the model on water..
Model boat bow thrusters and stern thrusters from cornwall model boats. A new 1:25 cruise ship manned model, the "voyager", was added to our fleet in 2014. she is 311 m long and is fitted with 2 azimuthing pods (and one fixipod). The crp azipod® propulsion concept pod-propulsion innovator abb has proposed a system, in which a steerable azipod unit is mounted immediately behind the standard propeller. located on the same axis, but without any physical connection, the pod pulling propeller will contra-rotate in relation to the shaft-driven main propeller..