Counter Rotating on Cats
I have a question for the Cat guys out there....Is it important to counter rotate the engines on cats with big power? I am talking boats like Skater, MTI, etc...
I am just curious...thanks. |
Engines=NO
Drives=YES |
On the early Arneson Cats we reversed rotation on one engine.
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Originally Posted by Griff
(Post 2993724)
Engines=NO
Drives=YES Now, with Arnesons or BPM drives, is it the drive that does this, or the transmission? |
Originally Posted by Moving2Miami
(Post 2993752)
Thanks, Griff...That's what I thought....
Now, with Arnesons or BPM drives, is it the drive that does this, or the transmission? |
Originally Posted by OUTLAW11
(Post 2993823)
:party-smiley-004:ARE YOU FOR REAL??????????
Which is great for the port side but what do you do for the starboard side? You need a right hand rotation motor.No Biggie. Bear in mind this was when we had a crash Box connected Via a Jack Shaft to a drop case on the transom with the drive on the bottom of it no reverse rotation was built into it. Beautiful setup, engine torque was perfectly balanced and you could spin the drive over with your fingers the drop box had ATF in it low loss Mr Arneson hid a great job on it. But That was then. Arneson #6 Boat Fayva Shoes Cat #2 The Surgen. everything that ran out front in those days. |
I was talking to a guy today who makes 2-speed transmissions for performance boating and he mentioned that his transmissions can't counter rotate, so I was just wondering if this is a function of the motor, transmission, or drive....I am pretty new to this stuff, as you can see...lol
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Originally Posted by Moving2Miami
(Post 2993752)
Now, with Arnesons or BPM drives, is it the drive that does this, or the transmission?
With Arneson's the drive is what determines the rotation...At least on ASD-7M's it is...One is gear driven and the other is Chain driven... |
Originally Posted by fountain4play
(Post 2993859)
With Arneson's the drive is what determines the rotation...At least on ASD-7M's it is...One is gear driven and the other is Chain driven...
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Originally Posted by Moving2Miami
(Post 2993862)
Cool....do you know if its the same on BPM drives?
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The Arneson's have counter rotating in the drive as do the Drop Box BPM gear boxes. So you can run two standard rotation (assuming it is a twin engine boat) engines and have counter rotating propellers.
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