Heres the cool part. How they make them.
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Sharrow Prop Manufacturing
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Heres the cool part. How they make them.
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( All weather people have to say this on air, near lakes )
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However, keep in mind they've never really been independently tested against a variety of props. You might get the exact same improvements just by going with a higher quality prop, or one that's just better matched to your application. In all the tests I've seen so far, they don't get the best prop for the application and then compare it with a Sharrow, they just replace the stock one with a hand-selected Sharrow and then run the test.
Be a bit diligent and you could save thousands in the process.
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In all the tests I've seen so far, they don't get the best prop for the application and then compare it with a Sharrow, they just replace the stock one with a hand-selected Sharrow and then run the test.
In the last link posted by Rick they test a small Bayliner with stock prop and then a prop widely used by many as it helps performance so yes there is at least this test with a better prop being used. The Sharrow still puts it to shame. Jump to 2:25 on the video. The results are pretty amazing considering it got up to over double the fuel economy at planing speeds which would cut your fuel bills by over half.
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Considering they say there is a 50% drop in fuel use,...... well that would indicate to me that the engine is applying far less horsepower at the same prop speed which on the surface seems hard to swallow. I wonder if that is the reason they do not use this tech for smaller HP engines....diminishing returns vs cost based on the applied hp limits of the engine.
As with all engines, applied HP equals fuel usage, just basic science, easily calculable....it is the same weight boat being propelled thru the water with the same thrust applied it seems.......may well be, I don't know.......nevertheless interesting.
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