Variable Pitch Propeller

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Thank you very much for the info and the photos! That is really helpful and interesting.

The hydraulic generators I have been looking at are driven by a PTO attachment, usually on the transmission, and not engine belts like yours, not that that really matters. Just interesting. I think most of the hydraulic generators are being used in construction equipment and fire/rescue vehicles. Some of the companies have been in business for many decades, Stamford has been around for over a century!

Having hydraulics opens up other uses, as you mentioned, the windless and bow thrust, along with pumps, air compressors, etc.

Thanks,
Dan

Dan, Clarification: the hydraulic pump isn't driven by belts, it is driven by a pto shaft that comes out of the front of the engine, which ALSO happens to have the pulley system on it that drives the engine driven bilge pump, and the alternator. Those belts probably couldn't drive that hydraulic pump without slipping horribly!

Side note: There is also a 200 amp generator gear driven off of the left side of the engine, as well as the alternator. The generator charges the 24vdc starting battery bank, and the alternator charges the house battery bank.

 

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Dan, Clarification: the hydraulic pump isn't driven by belts, it is driven by a pto shaft that comes out of the front of the engine, a, which ALSO happens to have the pulley system on it that drives the engine driven bilge pump, and the alternator. Those belts probably couldn't drive that hydraulic pump without slipping horribly!

Side note: There is also a 200 amp generator gear driven off of the left side of the engine, as well as the alternator. The generator charges the 24vdc starting battery bank, and the alternator charges the house battery bank.

Thank you, again, for the info.

Later,
Dan