Dave Gerr - Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook-How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats

Chapter 11: Rudder-Stock Size, Construction, and Bearing Specification the stock and the bearing must resist the total side pres ...

PART FOUR: RUDDERS AND STEERING SYSTEMS earlier, the shoulder that is formed works well as an axial-load bearing. A UHMWPE disk ...

CHAPTER 12 Armed with the proper rudder, rudder stock, and bearings, the next considerations are the rudder-stock angle and cont ...

PART FOUR:RUDDERS AND STEERING SYSTEMS On planing powerboats, twin rudders must always be dead vertical athwartships. It might l ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations lead to dangerous accidents, even in smooth seas. In rou ...

pressure 4. 32 inches aft of the rudder-stock pivot point, the torque is 3,650 in.-lb. or 304 ft.-lb.—845 lb. × 4. 32 in.= 3,650 ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations Formula 12-1. Wheel Radius or The drum or sprocket radiu ...

called lock to lock—is found by using the following formula. Formula 12-2. Number of Turns Lock- to-Lock Where Quadrant radius, ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations hydraulic steering because, compared with a well-set-up ...

and forth, back and forth, over and over. This is like having an NFL linebacker jump up and down on it over and over for hours a ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations (706 kgm) of steering torque, 60 percent of which is 37, ...

PART FOUR:RUDDERS AND STEERING SYSTEMS are the standard and most rugged method of arranging a twin-rudder setup. If extreme spac ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations Figure 12-11. Hydraulic steering with power jog stick (C ...

Example: Our example boat displaces 78 tons. From the chart, that indicates 0. 9 rpm for the rudder. This is minimum rudder spee ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations Rudder Stops All steering arrangements should have rud- ...

the outboard rudder of an old 23-foot (7 m) Speedway launch. Rudder Feedback: Rudder Angle Indicators Sailboats and powerboats w ...

Chapter 12:Rudder-Stock Angle, Control, and Installation Considerations too much friction and play in these cables for larger bo ...

appropriate 10-degree in-angle. From then on, the same tiller arms, drag link, and steer- ing cylinder, installed the same way, ...

should be 3.3, say, 3^1 / 4 inches (84 mm) outboard. This assumes that the boat’s props are out-turning as viewed from astern. ( ...

Wheel Removals Sadly, as you’ve probably already learned the hard way, propellers have a fine propensity for locating and making ...