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Design features |
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Aligns feathered
blades with water flow, not
shaft. |
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Patented Feature: Blades
free to trail like weather vanes. |
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Feathered propeller does not auto-rotate. Eliminates
shaft locks. |
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Full pitch immediately in reverse.
Compensates for the higher reduction ratios gearboxes utilise
in reverse to provide maximum manoeuvrability |
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Robust, low stress design without
highly stressed gears. |
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Fail safe design features built around composite
blades and nose cone which minimise corrosion and lubrication
problems. |
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Hi-tech Zyte™ blades give strength
and light weight with low inertia and no shock loading.
Easy to replace and lubricate but well locked in against
blade loss. |
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Near neutral buoyancy means blades are responsive
to the smallest changes in water flow thus always minimising
drag when sailing. |
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Blades pivot over cast stub shafts, not
cantilevered from washer type bearings with very high
stress loading. |
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Eliminating the gearing allows the economical
production of 3-blade units which are more efficient
and smoother running. |
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Easy pitch adjustment with self-locking
set screws in each blade allows optimal performance adjustment
and eliminates inventory. |
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Common boss accommodates all standard shafts
and saildrives. |
