davidcurtis021
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my latest aquisition and some questionsmy first stuart v 10 arrived today and i was keen to see if it would
fit into the engine room in my tug jessica ann
here is the result
as you can see the engine room has just got enough vertical clearance. Now the questions 1. can you join 2 v10 together i have seen twin versions but are these built from scratch.
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MooseMan
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Hi David,
You're thinking about a D10:
As far as I know, these engines can either be standard twin or compound. If you had two 10v engines you could emulate a D10 by locking the driveshaft together with one engine advanced 90 degrees over the other....that would give you a self-starting engine. The footprint would be bigger than a d10, but I guess it would work just as well.
If you wanted the engines facing each other you'd have to reset the timing on one so it runs backwards, otherwise they'd counteract each other.
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MamodFan
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There is a D10, a compound launch engine and a twin cylinder launch engine. Of the three the D10 is the only one available as a ready to run engine at about £1000, the other two are casting kits.
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Atticman
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I think this is one of those David, my dad made it from castings years ago I believe, sorry about the sideways on, cant seem to edit Photobucket from here 
The boiler is homemade and rather warped 
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Les
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You would also want it to reverse as well otherwise you only have one direction and that can be a pain.
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MamodFan
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The D10 is just a pair of V10's grafted together. The Compound and Twin are a completely different engine. Unlike the D10 they use a common (ie one) cylinder casting. They are both very similar in appearance and you need to look to see if it a compound or twin. They were/maybe still are available in several sizes, the smallest being comparable to the D10. The largest version would be able to power a small full size launch. Personally I think that it is a much better looking engine than the D10. Unfortunately they don't come up for sale very often and when they do they seem to attract some high prices.
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Atticman
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| Les wrote: | | You would also want it to reverse as well otherwise you only have one direction and that can be a pain. |
You can have reversing props Les, not sure to this scale but bet they are available somewhere.
the idea is ingenious, lever just reverses the direction the prop is in, and voila!
My Dads boat which he got for a tenner 20 years ago has one- its quick to change as well which has its uses!
Of course the reversing D10 that has just been posted in the marine section is ideal though and just looks so good!
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