Petrol strimmers

[single]

Whats in the shaft of most petrol strimmers? Is it a flexible cable or something quite rigid? Question really being can i chop the shaft and put a prop on it?

 

[sailorman]

Whats in the shaft of most petrol strimmers? Is it a flexible cable or something quite rigid? Question really being can i chop the shaft and put a prop on it?

flexible

 

[Poignard]

Whats in the shaft of most petrol strimmers? Is it a flexible cable or something quite rigid? Question really being can i chop the shaft and put a prop on it?

Sort of thing they do in places like Thailand and Cambodia, except there the engines are a bit larger.

 

[Grunter]

depends on the type of strimmer, the home use have a bent head on them and they are flexi drive, the commercial ones that have a straight head are normally shaft. They are the ones that you can fit a brush whacker to, (blade) so fitting a prop should be possible.

 

[sarabande]

you may well need a pretty fine pitch propellor as the strimmers I know whizz around at about 4000 RPM from a 50cc motor.

 

[dylanwinter]

here we are

http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...0.0.0.144.253.0j2.2.0...0.0...1ac.Ie8UTqpHRc4


all you ever want to know about strimmer outboards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidrYxImkoU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xspidbz0Ed0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVjhzwYhxn8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMWk6wCbiRc

 

[single]

Cheers for them...this is the same engine too!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GidrYxImkoU

 

[Giblets]

On reading the title I thought for one minute that you were proposing to use a petrol strimmer to get the weed off your waterline!

 

[single]

Well you could....it would work.

 

[Giblets]

Well you could....it would work.

Another project for KTL Industries I fancy - Dylan??

 

[single]

Got another on e-bay but seems too good to chop up but anyway. I'll posat a vid when project is done.

 

[Yantlet]

Er Why?

Whats in the shaft of most petrol strimmers? Is it a flexible cable or something quite rigid? Question really being can i chop the shaft and put a prop on it?

Please explain why you would want to or am I missing something here?

 

[dylanwinter]

just for

Please explain why you would want to or am I missing something here?

as my Amrican friend says... just for ****sandgiggles

 

[Yantlet]

as my Amrican friend says... just for ****sandgiggles

Sounds more like too much spare time

 

[Yantlet]

Why reinvent the wheel?

Whats in the shaft of most petrol strimmers? Is it a flexible cable or something quite rigid? Question really being can i chop the shaft and put a prop on it?

 

[reginaldon]

On reading the title I thought for one minute that you were proposing to use a petrol strimmer to get the weed off your waterline!

Sounds a good idea! Might try it.

 

[Lakesailor]

I tried a leafblower as a form of motive power on a small tender. Didn't move an inch, but it was laugh. And very wet.

 

[electrosys]

These guys were playing with a petrol strimmer outboard - last year, I think:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flapdoodle_dinghy

Dunno how successful it was though ...

Think I'll stick to oars - they start *every* time.