Bronze or Stainless?
 

"jlrogers±³©" wrote in message
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Bart wrote:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

I'd use a bronze prop, that way if it strikes something it will break.

Joe

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What? No shear pins?

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He was not talking about an outboard. How many outboards have you seen with
bronze props?

Bronze or Stainless?
 

JLR,

The "Nellen Composite" doesn't know anything but outboards

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Bronze or Stainless?
 

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"jlrogers±³©" wrote in message
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Bart wrote:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

I'd use a bronze prop, that way if it strikes something it will break.

Joe

ESP


What? No shear pins?

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jlrogers±³©

He was not talking about an outboard. How many outboards have you seen
with
bronze props?



How many inboards have you seen without shear pins?

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Bronze or Stainless?
 

"jlrogers±³©" wrote in message
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"Edgar" wrote in message
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"jlrogers±³©" wrote in message
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"Joe" wrote in message
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Bart wrote:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

I'd use a bronze prop, that way if it strikes something it will
break.

Joe

ESP


What? No shear pins?

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jlrogers±³©

He was not talking about an outboard. How many outboards have you seen
with
bronze props?



How many inboards have you seen without shear pins?

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jlrogers±³©
You are talking inboards with outboard legs maybe.
I am talking about inboards with shaft drive. If you have one of those shear
pins are never seen. Put one on the prop and you can't get at it afloat.
Put one in the shaft/engine coupling and your prop shaft is likely to
disappear back out of the stern tube if it shears.

Bronze or Stainless?
 

"Joe" wrote
I'd use a bronze prop, that way if it strikes something it will break.


"jlrogers±³©" wrote in message
What? No shear pins?


Edgar wrote:
He was not talking about an outboard. How many outboards have you seen with
bronze props?

Well, you could put a bronze prop on any outboard you liked. Not
difficult, merely expensive (or, if you wanted to cast & machine it
yourself, tedious). As for shear pins on an inboard, the coupling will
function just fine as a slightly-more-expensive shear pin.

-signed- Injun Ear (formerly known as Eagle Eye)

Bronze or Stainless?
 

jlrogers±³© wrote:
"Joe" wrote in message
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Bart wrote:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

I'd use a bronze prop, that way if it strikes something it will break.

Joe

ESP


What? No shear pins?

You mean Woodruff keys in the coupler?

Yeah I have them, but they do not do much in the way of dampening the
blow of non-rotational strikes.
If you have a boat with a strut housed cutlass I'd never go stainless.

Joe



Joe




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