<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br><div>I see it's 3D printed, although it doesn't identify what the plastic is, or how it is reinforced. For me this raises a couple</div><div>of concerns, 1) 3D prints are not super strong, and something hitting the prop-guard may cause it to break and foul the</div><div>prop, 2) the layer manufacturing process used is not going to be water tight, allowing water into voids in the prop-guard,</div><div>which will likely shorten the time-to-fail.</div><div><br></div><div>The "reinforced" bit is interesting, I wonder if there is a metal ring buried in the guard, or if there are using plastic with</div><div>something added/embedded to provided reinforcement (e.g. short strands of glass).</div><div><br></div><div>I would be possible to design something similar which was parametric, and could be customized for each trolling motor</div><div>(rather than two sizes fit all) before being printed out.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div> Ian.<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: T Novak via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
<br>Sent: Jul 7, 2020 10:55 AM
<br>To: 'Personal Submersibles General Discussion' <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
<br>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Prop guard
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This prop guard certainly looks interesting. particularly the introductory price. It would not be difficult to modify the attachment design to something slicker, or use the ring as the core for a kort nozzle.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks, James.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Tim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 7, 2020 1:04 AM<br><b>To:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] Prop guard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Not sure of the quality judging by the "Engrish".<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a target="_blank" href="https://propgad.com/">https://propgad.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></personal_submersibles@psubs.org></personal_submersibles@psubs.org></blockquote></div></div></body></html>