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ZF Transmission Joystick Manu. Sys - Pod Handling without Pods

Discussion in 'Technical Discussion' started by lwrandall, May 17, 2010.

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  1. lwrandall, May 17, 2010
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    lwrandall

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    For some reason I have not seen any information posted about the ZF Marine Joystick Maneuvering System. Briefly, any boat with most ZF electronic trans can get pod maneuvering with the ability for station keeping. Watch the videos below. Pretty cool. Viking Yachts is already installing on some of their models.

    This vid shows the ability of the sysytem
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEmbSHL_YTE&feature=related

    This vid gives some of the basic techincal info.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk3cRx6hlQc