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Outboard sterndrive propellers – Boat Propellers

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There might be raising many questions in your mind about outboard sterndrive propellers like what is propeller? how does it work? and What is an outboard-sterndrive propeller ? So here one-by-one answers will come. First, let me tell you about the propeller. It is a kind of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust(force). Moreover, engines and propeller both can produce thrust. Now come to the main term that is sterndrive inboard/outboard propeller. It combines features found on both inboard/outboards (I/Os). Stern-drives are four-stroke automotive engines adapted for marine use and mounted inside the boat. An outboard sterndrive propellers engine is attached through the transom to a drive unit which is also called an “outdrive” that is essentially the lower unit of an outboard. The outboard sterndrive propeller engine turns a drive shaft that is attached to a propeller at the other end. Stern-drive boat steering is controlled by the outdrive, w