Hi Ritchie,
It sounds interesting, but boy I would not want to trust a smartphone to control a boat. There are certain moments when it would be seriously dangerous to not have seamless control of the speed and direction and I know my phone often takes a 2-3 second vacation when a call comes in or it's downloading something or just busy with other applications. Then of course there are other times when the phone battery just dies or an application crashes..
The direct joystick would be scary enough but the phone connection seems pretty much a disaster waiting to happen.
Hopefully I'm misunderstanding the goals and intentions. Like I said--it sounds interesting.
---In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, <orestyko@...> wrote:
On 2013-09-24, at 4:23 PM, voltboats wrote:Hello everyone,
I have been following the electric boat group for about a year and I enjoy reading and keeping up with these topics. we currently are in the process of developing and electric outboard motor with the option to run a 500W or 1,000W motor. The unit will have electric steering which can be controlled with any of the following methods. 1) Bluetooth control using a smart phone 2) Joystick wired to main controller or 3) GPS auto-pilot that uses the phone and custom application to navigate.
We would really appreciate your feedback helping us learn more about the market for a product like this from actual electric boat users and builders.
If your don't mind answering a few questions we would really appreciate it.
1)Would you like to use an electric outboard on a small vessel?
2) What features would you like to see?
3) How much would you spend for a 1.5-3 Hp equivalent electric outboard with electric steering and Bluetooth capability?
4)Would you be interested in taking a test ride with our prototype?
I really appreciate your help and we look forward hearing from you. Email me a richie@... for a test ride.
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