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Cheap and easy to invest in a chart plotter.----Some now have every small lake on them.-----Makes you an instant expert on the depth of the lakes.----Cheaper than props and lower units.
Timing on modern motors does not go out of adjustment.-----Test run with boat in the water.-----Carburetors may need low speed mixture adjustment .----Carburetors may need cleaning.
The training / license requirements might be beyond the average driver to look after a " reactor in a suitcase " so to speak.------That would be all we need in this crazy world.------When I started in that field there were few issues.----Today these plants are guarded by SWAT teams
But the general public also has little to no concept of radiation / shielding and nuclear power.----It should have been called ---UNCLEAR ---power.-----The mayor of a local city was adamant that no radioactive materials should be allowed to be transported through his city.-----This would have...
Makes no economic sense to me to add a generator , battery and electric motor.-----Of course if you can afford one , and afford to maintain it there is no problem----Or get little for this item when you trade it in for a new one.
No such thing as excess electricity or free electricity.-----But I have heard of a mine in Europe where electric mining trucks generate electricity for the batteries on the way down a mountain.----So much so that there is no need to charge batteries from the grid for the trip back up the...
The recoil pulley must be " timed " to provide a mechanical advantage.----Makes for easier pulling.----Find the arrows on housing and pulley.----Did not see him check that after his assembly work.-----He did not grease the spring.----Put too much grease on the pulley.
Well I think that hybrids are charged from the grid.----Then when battery runs low the engine starts to generate expensive electric power to get you home.----When you get home you charge the battery from the grid.
I worked in a large generating station.-----Fact----Most folks including politicians have little to no understanding of VOLTS / WATTS / AMPERES / POWER and how much it takes to keep these batteries charged.