What happened to Gary Hoyt's wishbone cat-ketches? I remember going to an Annapolis Boat Show in the mid '70's and being impressed by the one I...
It seems that your powering plan is based upon a perpetual motion machine. You do realize that has been proven impossible many times over many...
Does that mean that they are screwed instead?
Sand it and see if it loads up the paper........?
It's not the HP, it's the torque. And mostly it is the shock loads from the harder hit from fewer cylinders and fewer power pulses. Most 300hp OB...
I would think that the heavier power impulses from the diesel (if you could do the conversion) would destroy the lower unit in no time at all...
Yamaha make just a good a unit as Honda.......
Sure, but why would any country want to do that? It would benefit the oligarchs of course, but what about the other 99.99% of the population? How...
It is not hard at all to give a virus to an M16, just ask that General that was killed in Afghanistan last week. Political or religious fanaticism...
I agree with your conclusions, but not your reasons. IMHO you have fallen into the trap of thinking our adversaries will be like us. Decentralized...
Thank you, that was a useful link.
I just read that Money Magazine has rated this NA and Marine Engineering school the second best college of any sort in the US, beating Harvard,...
If you want to sink an alloy boat, just toss a few copper pennies into a wet bilge.... It won't take that long to turn them into holes.
Isn't one reason for a forward house and aft heliport to prevent flames and smoke from blowing back over the crew in case of an accident? It would...
It depends if you have an interference engine on a non-interference type. In the former if the belt breaks, the pistons will hit the valves, in a...
Can we assume that you have looked into all the legal requirements for a helipad? Lights, obstacle clearance, etc. also your liability insurer may...
You can use plastic or something called peel-ply to get the same effect. It is easier and thus works better when used on the bench and the part is...
10' or under width needs only an oversize load sign front and rear, no escort vehicle and has a few restrictions about driving after dark. No...
Why not get another similar boat and cut off the bow and pop rivet it to the stern of the one you have now. That way you would have a double...
Fred, where is the rudder on a stern wheeler?