Photographic Record of Construction
Photographic Record of Construction
A picture tells a thousand words - so here is the equivalent of many thousands of words and a lot of effort. As of April 2015, the construction is substantially finished. The pictures still seemingly show Etna as unfinished; however, most subassemblies - boiler and pipework, engine and drive train, flooring, aft cockpit and bow cockpit - have been assembled, tried for fit and removed for varnishing or painting. The underwater surface of the hull now have antifouling: all through hull connectors are sealed ready for trim tests once all heavy items are (re-)installed. The roof is complete and has been mounted.
I am now catching up with technical documentation. Click on the links below for technical and system drawings.
1 Etna water and steam management diagram.
2 Etna electrical system (#1: aft cockpit & power conditioning locker).
3 Etna electrical system (#2: control panel switches and indicators, with circuits).
4 Etna electrical system (#3: level evaluation and proxy level control logic PCB).
5 Etna electrical system (#4: control panel burner relay and power supplies PCB).