Safty
08-21-2012 | 08:08 AM
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Something that happens when you put the boat into gear has to be physical in my thoughts. Doesn't matter if I put it in gear or my one year old pushes the lever into gear.
I am guessing that you are talking about the fact that these outdrives do not create water and shoot it out from the prop. The prop displaces water and it has to come from somewhere, namely from in front of the propellor. At a slow speed, it will pull water from a wider cone in front of it. I deal with this on air handling equipment for dust collection. Pushed air will travel in a straight line pretty far, but pulled air will not pull in from that far away, much wider intake arc. Happens with freighters also. Can suck a boat under with that prop pulling that much water under the hull.
Closer?
Brian
08-21-2012 | 08:26 AM
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This is something you do when you put the boat into gear, because you want to. If you forget, it will not happen.
Something that happens when you put the boat into gear has to be physical in my thoughts. Doesn't matter if I put it in gear or my one year old pushes the lever into gear.
I am guessing that you are talking about the fact that these outdrives do not create water and shoot it out from the prop. The prop displaces water and it has to come from somewhere, namely from in front of the propellor. At a slow speed, it will pull water from a wider cone in front of it. I deal with this on air handling equipment for dust collection. Pushed air will travel in a straight line pretty far, but pulled air will not pull in from that far away, much wider intake arc. Happens with freighters also. Can suck a boat under with that prop pulling that much water under the hull.
Closer?
Brian
Something that happens when you put the boat into gear has to be physical in my thoughts. Doesn't matter if I put it in gear or my one year old pushes the lever into gear.
I am guessing that you are talking about the fact that these outdrives do not create water and shoot it out from the prop. The prop displaces water and it has to come from somewhere, namely from in front of the propellor. At a slow speed, it will pull water from a wider cone in front of it. I deal with this on air handling equipment for dust collection. Pushed air will travel in a straight line pretty far, but pulled air will not pull in from that far away, much wider intake arc. Happens with freighters also. Can suck a boat under with that prop pulling that much water under the hull.
Closer?
Brian
08-21-2012 | 08:44 AM
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From: Baton Rouge La.
08-21-2012 | 08:56 AM
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Artie's safety thread would be a good place to ask some rules of the road questions...especailly if you are near some major port instead of just the local marina. Inland rules have even more weird stuff.
Here's a simple one...what does 3 short blasts of the horn mean?
Art
Here's a simple one...what does 3 short blasts of the horn mean?
Art
08-21-2012 | 09:15 AM
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[QUOTE=machloosy;3758708]Alpha= shift interrupt switch. SO when I put me boat into gear the first thing that happens is the motor cuts 
if properly adjusted and working it should only interrupt when shifting out of gear
if properly adjusted and working it should only interrupt when shifting out of gear
08-21-2012 | 09:31 AM
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Thought those switches were to keep the engines from starting in gear. I am getting there, but so much to learn. Still haven't found the brakes on the dang thing yet.....
Good thread.
Brian
