Mike Sheppard's Trireme

"Mediterranean Galley" featured on cover of Model Boats Magazine, May 2008, with article inside.

A trireme, 5' long 30" wide with 66 working oars in two banks with the third, lower bank shipped. GRP hull with wooden upper works. Two big battery packs and a car wiper motor drive the mechanics through a set of chains and sprockets. Has two cannons which fire blank cartridges. Radio gear is a custom made UHF 9 channel system with Electronize speed controller and 6 servos. A real show stopper on the water but HATES WIND!

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[srcmbc]

No slaves but it is propelled by the oars (which are driven by an electric motor).  You can see a couple of photos of the model workings on our club website - look under Mike Sheppard on the "members models" page.

[modelleg]

There's an article in archeology magazine about the bronze rams they're finding on the bottom of the Med. and Caspian Seas.

[colayna25]

What is used to propel the ship the ores or an electric motor?

[place910]

is it filled with radio controlled slaves?

[stu0things0and0stuff]

That is the most Awsome RC boat I think I have ever sea'n (bad pun) , just wow :-)