Fitting a Kiwiprop to a Saildrive guide: YouTube
NB: This early version lacks current central M8 Cap Screw to be fited inside square drive with Loctite™ as final step.
Fitting a Kiwiprop to a Shaft:
Greasing either a K3 or K4 unit guide:
Greasing K3 or K4 Unit: Greasing Notes on greasing
NB: WARNING - DO NOT OVERGREASE THE BLADES - 3-5 ml ONLY WITH GENTLE PRESSURE TO AVOID BLOWING OUT BLADE SEALS
Please take a moment to review our current general video content below:
A video of the unit in action underwater is avilable courtsey on our French Dealers:
A video of one of the comparisons between the fitting of the ogival blades and how they compare with standard symetric bklades, ogivla blades adopted and an extended prototype not utilised - our CFD via OpenFOAM.
As with all design everything is a compromise so the decision to go with the OGV blade was made
This video was recorded at the Annapolis Sailboat show by Jamie - www.kiwiprops.com - in the US