Morning 23Feet, I saw your question on my phone in Cape Town and could not log n. Sorry for the delay. You have to understand Lead acid batteries....
I cannot comment on a Diesel engine, but for Emotors, it differs whether you use an Brushless motor or AC motor at High AC voltage or plain...
Thanks for an very interesting thread. In my view the only way a cheap variable pitch sort of propeller system could be made by a thin flexible...
Don't laugh, but when I went to the Bolt and Nut center, this lovely young beautiful lady told me: " Why don't you use those nice looking round...
Thanks Gonzo, indeed you are right, I did not expected to deforming over that short distance between the 2 bolts with nuts. Grave mistake from me....
Although I have been using 140 bolts and nuts with marine silicone on one of those 2 gearboxes. It leaks like anything. My only solution is to use...
Thanks you Gonzo, but for where I am living, it is not so easy to get those at the size I need. But I will still try to get them. But in the...
This is how I have the seals and bearing and rubber sheet between gearbox and bearing holder. According to me it is in the right way. [ATTACH]
Hi Gonzo, This is what it looks like from the top. What I will do, is to remove the front, seal the input shaft/gearbox and drop it again in the...
Thanks Gonzo, I do have 2 seals against each other, but upon checking they don't have the springs in them. Will buy new ones. But I don't think it...
What a disaster, after 24 hours in the water, both gearboxes were filled with water. Although the one I used marine silicone, to seal the rubber...
I fully agree with you. Here his my water probing test in my Jacuzzi before I put very thick gearbox oil with added 17, 5% extreme low friction...
Gonzo to come back on balancing, don't laugh, when one is restricted with traveling and some companies closed down, a man has to come up with a...
Thank you Fallguy, Yes I still have to finish the propellers off. I will grind it during balancing. Thanks, pleased to read, I don't have to be...
Fallquy and all others. I still haven't received a reply whether the two propellers must be parallel. pointing towards inside or other way. The...