Posted by: jimhogan
Sailboat Install -- Gimballed?? - 16/08/2000 14:03
My Mk2 arrived in Seattle Tuesday at 10:17 AM. Boy Fedex is good! Too bad I'm stuck in New Jersey until Friday.
My first mission is to hook the Empeg up to the new 4+1 amp and new cockpit speakers on my sailboat (with the 3rd Group 27 battery I added to keep the music going).
I just read the online Car Player manual and noted the recommended 0-16 degree installation/operation angle. Unless it's a really boring sailing day, I'll always exceed that angle of heel/install one way or another. Building a correctly damped, gimballed mount for the Empeg would be quite an undertaking. Am I going out too far on a limb to imagine that the modest G forces generated by sailing this 33-foot boat at 5 knots over the wake of, say, a large tug or container ship would not stress the shock capabilities of the laptop drive itself?
Jim
My first mission is to hook the Empeg up to the new 4+1 amp and new cockpit speakers on my sailboat (with the 3rd Group 27 battery I added to keep the music going).
I just read the online Car Player manual and noted the recommended 0-16 degree installation/operation angle. Unless it's a really boring sailing day, I'll always exceed that angle of heel/install one way or another. Building a correctly damped, gimballed mount for the Empeg would be quite an undertaking. Am I going out too far on a limb to imagine that the modest G forces generated by sailing this 33-foot boat at 5 knots over the wake of, say, a large tug or container ship would not stress the shock capabilities of the laptop drive itself?
Jim
