... Can you quiet them down with a serious muffler or does a lot of the noise come from the compression and injectors, which aren't affected by exhaust...
... If I got fed up with the pole I might try a disk & wheel system in which a disk is mounted on vertical engine's output shaft. A wheel is mounted on the...
The disk & wheel style transmission you describe is used in many "ride-on" lawn mowers. You can visit www. <http://www.troybilt.com> troybilt.com for some more...
Hi - I'm doing things a bit backwards: I have an old diesel engine, and I want to build a boat around it. It's a 40-year-old Volvo MD6-A, 2 cyl, 10hp that just...
... Wow, that is one very nice looking boat, Steve, congratulations on a beautiful addition to the world of wooden boats. Take a few hours to sail her and just...
I am interested in building a boat for a large lake, shoal draft exploring. The boat must be rather low to clear a couple of low bridges. Locally, pontoons...
I keep pestering Mrs. Atkin to put Happy Clam in the catalog because I think it'd be quite popular. <sigh> It's possible that the rights to the plan still...
John, I'm intrigued by your comments about Happy Clam - has Mrs Pat got many others salted away and not released ? Is that because of copyright concerns ? Do...
I am building the "Victor Slocum".....a 15' 10" design that has turned out to be 16' 4" .....and will be powered with inboard electric. I could not find a...
John - are you using the MARS electric motor ? Alan From: AtkinBoats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AtkinBoats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of John Campbell Sent:...
Anyone out there know how well the tunnel stern boats do in rough water? How do they compare with a deep V hull? Randy ... From: AtkinBoats@yahoogroups.com...
Alan, I haven't quite decided yet. The MARS motor is made in China and I have had some bad luck with other brands and types of Chinese electrics in the past...
John, The MARS motor was designed by Briggs & Stratton in the US for battery floor polishers. I wasn't aware that it was being made in China, but that's the ...
From a link someone left here I joined the yahoo club for electric boats. There is a link in the files section that got me to thinking about how to solve the...
Is a reversing / feathering propeller more or less trouble than a gearbox and clutch? At 3000rpm Kawasaki's FD791D-DFI horizontal, liquid cooled, petrol...
... Great idea! With a decent alternator on the main engine you could charge up a battery bank with enough capacity to provide several hours of total silent...
... They tend to be expensive and how do they work? The ones from Variprop have adjustable presets for forward and reverse but you still need a transmission. I...
... Would you need a larger alternator? Reverse would be used for just a few minutes say 50 amps for 5 minutes. A 30 amp alternator would only take less than...
... Randy, My Rescue Minor handles rough water well up to 3 to 4'. These boats as semidisplacement hules and ride much softer than a planning hull. You do...
... I'd use the electric drive much more than that. A day's fishing would typically comprise maybe 3 hours high speed motoring using the internal combustion...
Atkin writes of Huskie: "if powered with a motor of approximately 90 cubic inch cylinder displacement and turning at 2,000 r.p.m. the little boat will show a...
Hi Paul, You have to find the service manual, and the internet should have it tucked away somewhere. Also make certain you are comparing the same prop....
I'm building an 8ft rowing dinghy (sort of Jaques Mertens' D4, but modified), and I'm about to add braces between the sides and the stern transom. You know,...
On Atkins Russell R he called them "quarter knees" In a message dated 9/12/2009 1:07:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, lsumpter@... writes: I'm building an...
