Bill,
My electric drive is very smooth. I'm using 4 of the R&D 800-036, mostly for the vertical adjustment, they really helped when I was aligning the drive to the prop shaft. These mounts are very solid and the drive doesn't move, even under full throttle.
Fair winds,
Eric
1964 Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30 - Serenity
5.5kW Propulsion Marine drive, 8kWh LiFePO4 battery bank
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "green_on_blue" <bill@...> wrote:
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> As folks are mounting electric motors versus ICE are you finding the need to have motor mounts for vibration reduction?
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> I am assuming that the electric will "run" smoother but also know that the electric motor and larger prop should have more shearing potential.
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> I am considering the difference between R&D motor mounts - small shear (model 800-041) and shear loaded (800-010). There is also just a general compression mount (model 800-036) which should address vibration but seems silent on the shearing.
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> Here is their website with dimensions and general tolerances.
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> http://www.flexible-coupling.com/r-and-d-engine-mounts-dimensions.html
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> Thoughts from the group?
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> Capt. Mike - s/v Bianka - curious on your Thoosa installation since that is the motor I am going with as well.
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> As always, many thanks for any advice from the group.
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> Bill
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