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The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Any Other Builds => Topic started by: dgp1957 on August 30, 2007, 10:36:19 pm

Title: Steerable outdrives
Post by: dgp1957 on August 30, 2007, 10:36:19 pm

Guys
How does a steerable outdrive connect to the propshaft?

Davy

Title: Re: Steerable outdrives
Post by: boatmadman on August 30, 2007, 11:34:08 pm

universal joint? just a guess - dont really know!

Ian

Title: Re: Steerable outdrives
Post by: w3bby on August 31, 2007, 04:56:41 pm

Which type do you mean? Kyosho use a dog and bone, some use a small flex and others use a yoke arrangement.

Title: Re: Steerable outdrives
Post by: boatmadman on August 31, 2007, 05:19:39 pm

I was thinking of this type:

http://www.phillsmodels.com/acatalog/index.html?http%3A//www.phillsmodels.com/acatalog/Dyco.html&CatalogBody

Ian

Title: Re: Steerable outdrives
Post by: w3bby on August 31, 2007, 07:40:08 pm

Kyosho, dog and bone ;)
http://kyosho.com/eng/products/rc/detail.html?product_id=101463 (http://kyosho.com/eng/products/rc/detail.html?product_id=101463)

Title: Re: Steerable outdrives
Post by: Shipmate60 on September 16, 2007, 05:36:45 pm

External Universal Joints.
Exrwetal as in outboard of the transom.
The solid propshaft just protrudes from the transom.

Bob