2007-03-10 09:10:48 · 3 answers · asked by zim kid 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
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2007-03-10 09:21:56 · answer #1 · answered by greymatter 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Inboard marine motors are totally enclosed within the hull as opposed to an "outboard motor." These can vary from a one or two cylinder diesel auxilliary motor for a sailboat to the huge Rolls-Royce Merlin engines used in off-shore racing boats.
There is another variation, the inboard/outboard which has an inboard automotive type engine powering an outboard lower unit via a shaft.
Marine inboard engines typically turn in the opposite direction to the automotive installations because of traditional propellor design...
2007-03-12 15:57:34 · answer #2 · answered by Gordon B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inboard motors are nothing more than automotive motors with closed cooling systems. Instead of a transmission there is a prop shaft that exits the stern of the boat and a prop is attached....that is a inboard motor very simplified.
2007-03-10 19:57:26 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋