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2. Outboard motor - Wikipedia

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   The Waterman outboard engine appears to be the first gasoline-powered outboard offered for sale in significant numbers. [11] It was developed from 1903 in Grosse Ile, Michigan, with a patent application filed in 1905 [12] Starting in 1906, [13] [14] the company went on to make thousands of his "Porto-Motor" [15] units, [16] claiming 25,000 ...

3. Yamaha Motor Company - Wikipedia

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   The company is also involved in the import and sale of various types of products, the development of tourist businesses, and the management of leisure, recreational facilities and related services. Yamaha's motorcycle sales are the second largest in the world [4] and Yamaha is the world leader in water vehicle sales. [5]

4. 44-foot motor lifeboat - Wikipedia

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   The 44-foot motor lifeboat was the standard workhorse of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescue boat fleet. [1] The 44′ MLB has been replaced by the 47′ MLB. [2] The boats are powered by twin diesel engines, each powering a separate propeller. [3] 44 footer in 2006

5. Contra-rotating propellers - Wikipedia

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   Contra-rotating propellers Contra-rotating propellers on the Rolls-Royce Griffon-powered P-51XR Mustang Precious Metal at the 2014 Reno Air Races. Aircraft equipped with contra-rotating propellers (CRP) [1] coaxial contra-rotating propellers, or high-speed propellers, apply the maximum power of usually a single piston engine or turboprop engine to drive a pair of coaxial propellers in contra ...

6. Counter-rotating propellers - Wikipedia

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   Counter-rotating propellers World War I Linke-Hofmann R.I German heavy bomber (1917) with counter-rotating propellers He 177A Greif with counter-rotating propellers. Counter-rotating propellers (CRP) are propellers which turn in opposite directions to each other. [1] They are used on some twin- and multi-engine propeller-driven aircraft.

7. List of United States Coast Guard stations - Wikipedia

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   Coast Guard Station number Reference Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor: 1967 Active No N/A N/A Unknown [5] Coast Guard Station Burnt Island: Burnt Island: 1891 1964 Yes Unknown 1st 7 [6] Coast Guard Station Cape Elizabeth: Cape Elizabeth: 1887 10 [7] Coast Guard Station Cranberry Island: Cranberry Isles: 1879–1880 1946 4 5 [8]

8. Propeller (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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   Feathered propeller on the outboard TP400 turboprop of an Airbus A400M. On most variable-pitch propellers, the blades can be rotated parallel to the airflow to stop rotation of the propeller and reduce drag when the engine fails or is deliberately shut down. This is called feathering, a term borrowed from rowing. On single-engined aircraft ...

9. 47-foot Motor Lifeboat - Wikipedia

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   The 42-foot near shore lifeboat were decommissioned in 2021 and replaced with a pair of 45-foot RB-M craft. [ 10 ] A service life extension program (SLEP) for the 47' MLB will extend their useful life by 20 years to 2047; the first boats to undergo the SLEP were returned in June 2023, and as of 2023 [update] , 107 47' MLBs are planned to ...