Probably, but Lord Knows where it is....

Picture the paint job from the above Jaguar...on Jesse James.

T2x

T2x what type of drives did the 48ft jesse james have?

They were proprietary surface drives designed by George in collaboration with Tom Wenstadt, a Mercury engineer, with a little input from all of us. They featured aerated struts to ventilate the propellers during planing. There was also a manual adjustment for shaft angle which allowed both level ...and positive trim. ......... This was achieved using a clever drop box layout, a small but surdy thrust bearing at the through hull point on the transom...and a large diameter propeller with high rake for bow lift. The props were made by Kiekhaefer in 4 and 5 blade versions....... 24" diameter.....34-36" pitch. The drives depended on a drop box which was mounted between the fore and aft engines in each hull this not only connected two engines and dropped the power down to the sponson floor...it also featured a number of "quick change" gear ratio selections from under 1:1 to over 2:1. The design could handle up to 2000 lbs of torque. These drives are still ahead of anything on the water today, but, sadly, the project never really was followed up on.

The rudders were custom made at Latham Marine and featured the longest blind bore ever done at that time, outside of NASA. Bob Latham had to obtain upgraded computerized equipment to drill the pivot pin holes...( A very big deal back then).

Finally the cockpit canopy was developed at TexStar (the people who make the F-16 canopies) exclusively for this boat at a cost of 100 grand or so.

T2x

T2x - i think its time for you to start a thread for us that would like to have a little hydrodynamics/tunnel boat design lesson.

hey how you all doing? this is eric. do you have any more Jesse James pictures? anything at all, its been a long time.

yes,i think cowisl has a good point there! come on please.

Uhh?........No.



T2x

Ahh,, the master of diplomacy, no one knows how to gracefully bow out of a question like T2x, I know that the United States Diplomatic service tried to recruit him to head up our foreign relations.

Are there any pictures of the drive available?

ok next time better,i like to learn!!i dont want to turn the forum into a day time job for you!

i think every body in the forum have to give you a big,,thank you,,for what you put in.

wel...... i must say philip also got a point there