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Navy’s Darwin show-stopper
Volume 50, No. 17, September 20, 2007 |
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POWER DISPLAY: ABMT Anthony Worgan stands by a Fremantle class patrol boat engine.
Photo: Gunner Shannon Joyce |
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Fans of all ages marvelled at the range of equipment and skills displayed at the Royal Darwin Show by Fleet Support Unit Darwin in late July.
Many civilians took the chance to test their own skills.
“This is the second year FSU (FIMA last year) have participated at the show, and with the extra displays by us this year, I think it a most worthwhile undertaking,” operations manager PO Rob Drew said.
“I found feedback very positive with a lot of enquiries regarding technical employment in the RAN. In my opinion, not only was recruiting enhanced, but our image in the public eye was reinforced.”
The FSU Darwin exhibit included:
- the MTU FCPB main engine;
- a fully assembled 4/71 Detroit Diesel Alternator, c/w alternator (ex FCPB);
- two FCPB propellers;
- An SE display consisting of life raft, life saving equipment (SDLJ, BP life jackets etc);
- A bosun display with rope work display board; and
- a HP electrical display.
The electrical display included an ex FCPB nav light panel hooked up to an enlarged A3 size photo of an ACPB, with light globes fitted to enable illumination utilising DC battery power. This provided children (and some adults) a chance to play with the lights etc.
It also included a display board with photos of Attack, Fremantle and Armidale patrol boats, along with a picture of an LCH that was wired up with a number of lights and a wire with a probe to test skills.
Also on this board was a small model of an ACPB hull (nil superstructure) with two electric motors wired to vary speed and direction, subsequently connected to two propellers. The electrical display also had a board showing a breakdown of an electric motor, festoon lighting and fluoro lighting (illuminated) switches and other items. All items were made by the FSU high-power SEG under the direction of POMT Matt Marson. |
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