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Making Bigger Waves
Friday, March 7, 2003
by Beckie-Anne Thain

We talked about finishing the thruster nozzles. We need to file down all the sides, and then screw together the bilge pump motor to the thruster housing. Here are a list of the different parts that make up our thruster:
    • Prop
    • Bilge pump
    • Fairing housing
    • Spacer
    • Nozzle
    To decide on which type of thruster housing to use, we made about five different housings to test. The design that we’re using is the latest and best design to date. Due to the complexity, working on the thrusters usually takes the most time.

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Sarah attaches a spacer to the thruster housing using a stainless steel set screw

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