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Forum: Engines & props 07 January 2005, 10:40
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JW, The dog clutch thing, is this because it...

JW,

The dog clutch thing, is this because it is easier to start and stop a lighter prop? which theoretically is better mechanically but being light the prop has no flywheel effect so will slow...
Forum: Engines & props 06 January 2005, 18:59
Replies: 26
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Posted By Simon B
Here are the broken blade shots from an encounter...

Here are the broken blade shots from an encounter with an orange fishing float (hard GRP? type) you can just see a smudge of GRP and some melted blue polyprop rope on the edge of one of them.
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Forum: Engines & props 06 January 2005, 12:36
Replies: 26
Views: 5,858
Posted By Simon B
We ran a Pirahna prop on our lead dive boat a...

We ran a Pirahna prop on our lead dive boat a while back, the logic was that we had a number of new boathandlers and if they ran into something the prop would break and save the gearbox.

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