New Drive

PROPELLER · 12-16-2004, 08:44 AM

Just received January issue of Motorboating & there is a new drive in town. Its called Inboard Performance System or IPS for short by Volvo Penta. It looks like a sterndrive only its mounted on the bottom of the boat where a typical inboard shaft is mounted & the Propellers face forward to pull the boat through the water instead of pushing. It has many advantages like better maneuverability, faster acceleration, higher top speed, greater range (better fuel economy by as much as 30%), less smoke, less noise, easier installation, safer underway, more usable space. There are very few disadvantages like more moving parts, twin installations only (at least at this time) & vulnerable below the water line. But it is designed to shear off without hull damage if you hit something.

12-16-2004, 08:44 AM	#1
PROPELLER Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 340 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	New Drive Just received January issue of Motorboating & there is a new drive in town. Its called Inboard Performance System or IPS for short by Volvo Penta. It looks like a sterndrive only its mounted on the bottom of the boat where a typical inboard shaft is mounted & the Propellers face forward to pull the boat through the water instead of pushing. It has many advantages like better maneuverability, faster acceleration, higher top speed, greater range (better fuel economy by as much as 30%), less smoke, less noise, easier installation, safer underway, more usable space. There are very few disadvantages like more moving parts, twin installations only (at least at this time) & vulnerable below the water line. But it is designed to shear off without hull damage if you hit something.