DPS-A props alignment

[saaristo]

When installing back the props after maintenance I was wondering is there any difference how the props are put back in relation to each other. Neither the operator manual or workshop manual say anything about it. Then found from some forum that the prop blades should not meet at the same time under the cavitation plate. However when I browse different sales ads for example, many of them show prop blades meeting exactly under the cavitation plate. So which way is actually correct?

 

[alldodge]

Been several comments, but most lean (note lean) toward front be straight up with skeg, and rear to b 33* offset

 

[saaristo]

Hmm, I set them so that forward straight up (blades at 12, 4 and 8 o'clock) and rear prop symmetrically in between, meaning at 2, 6 and 10, so not 33 degrees but 60 deg apart. Could that be the reson why I feel sort of vibration in the hull when driving?

 

[Scott Danforth]

you clock them 180 degrees apart. one prop with a blade up, one prop with a blade down