FRANCE HELICES variable pitch surface drive

[PetterM]

Anyone know what happened to this?
Remember reading about it some years ago....

[olli]

I have seen that drive on just one boat. I think it was the PR Marine "Golden Eye" and if I remember it correctly that drive was custom built. I should have a pic of that one, will scan it later.

[PetterM]

Good...someone else that remembers...
I think i there was a picture in speed at sea or a similar publication about 10 years ago. I was wondering how well it worked and why they only made one?

[olli]

Finally I have scanned my slide of the installation on "Golden Eye" with an ordinary scanner therefore the poor quality:

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff120/oli5400/Scannen0001.jpg

I could not find those outer drives in my France Helices brochures. If you need further info on them the people at http://www.pr-marine.de/en/home.html should be able to give it to you.
BTW: When I asked Mr. Rammelmayr about the cost of the pictured drive system he only replied that you could buy a very nice house for that kind of money. Nice by anyone's standard.

[daiquiri]

When I asked Mr. Rammelmayr about the cost of the pictured drive system he only replied that you could buy a very nice house for that kind of money. Nice by anyone's standard.

Maybe that fact could reveal what happened to the whole project. :rolleyes: