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From: Rufus Laggren (no email)
Date: Tue Aug 03 2004 - 11:11:56 EDT
Could you add some details of the occurance? I take it the engine eventually stalled... or not?
I would think feathering gears would be under strain only when the pitch changed - ie. when going from "forward" to "reverse" and such. Isn't the purpose of the gears only to maintain all the prop blades at the same exact pitch? Ie. the gears don't take any strain from the turning shaft propelling the boat, but would be stressed only if something caused the blades to try to assume _different_ pitch from each other. Normally when moving, the blades assume pitch at a locked position in which the force is taken by solid stops (not the gears) within the MaxProp and transferred directly to your shaft. I can imagine several ways damage might occur, but most would involve changing gears and applying significant power in the new direction. Was the line wrapped about only one of the blades?
Lastly, it seems it should be possible to replace the gears; but, I guess the rod or shaft from the prop blade could get bent and depending on how the shaft was attached to the prop blade, the blade might need replacement.
It would be interesting to hear what MaxProp has to offer (as opposed to the service writer at the boatyard).
Rufus
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Lewis" <>
Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 07:19:19 -0400
To:
Subject: lv-ab: MaxProp Problem
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> prop
> continued to spin and stripped the gears in propellor, rendering the MaxProp
> useless.
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