ERIKA
ERIKA
Length: 1m * Width: 16cm * Depth: 6cm
Propulsion: 1 propeller * Steering: 1 Thrust-Reverser Rudder, 1 bow thruster


With 'ERIKA' everything started.
Intended to be a 'real steam'- model, it was fitted with a thrust reversing rudder to avoid reversing the engine.
To maneuver in a small pond, some kind of bow thruster was needed. All should technically fit into the early 1900s.
A modern propeller- bow thruster is not realistic for that period. A paddle wheel is.

This is the thrust reversing rudder:
Schubumkehr- Ruder Schubumkehr- Ruder von links Schubumkehr- Ruder von hinten Schubumkehr- Ruder in Rückwärts Schubumkehr- Ruder Antrieb

This is the paddle wheel bow thruster:
Bugstrahl- Ruder Prototyp
Bugstrahl- Antrieb


casting off with the bow thruster



using the bow thruster



breaking



left bow thruster during cruise



reverse