From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Sep 17 2003 - 14:13:21 PDT
I'd bet they have the crankshaft tied directly to the
prop shaft with NO clutch, transmission, or
differentials of any kind in between. Reverse is
probably a function of the harbor tug boats.
Joe
--- noel shelley <noel@shelley1722.freeserve.co.uk>
wrote:
> With the torque an of this size would give , forget
> the gearbox , using air
> start don`t bother with a clutch either , and it`s
> unlikely that any braking
> system would be needed .{only a fool would get in
> your way }
> Using marine technology a camshaft with ahead and
> astern lobes would serve
> for reversing .
> The real problem would be trying to find a 1: 4.3
> diff !
>
> If your brave enough to drive it , I`m silly enough
> to try and build it .
>
> Noel
>
>
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