[SEL] 5 HP Acadia engine in Boat

[kkinney at herculesengines.com]

Thanks for all the complements guys.  Let's see if I can answer the questions posed here:
The engine is a 5 HP Acadia engine with an ignitor for ignition.  
It is two cycle and direct connected to the driveshaft and propeller.  
To reverse the boat you flip a switch that kills the battery.  While the engine is slowing down you retard the timing with the timing lever.  When it is just about to stop rotating you fill the switch and if all goes right it will kick against compression and reverse direction.  If it doesn't go right you run into the dock. We did get pretty good at changing engine direction.
The previous owner had put the outboard on the back of the boat.  We will be removing it first chance we get.
We controlled the speed mostly by adjusting the throttle in the carburetor.  Moving the timing lever didn't seem to change the speed much.
Arnie, I think I need to get a few more hours of running under my belt before we set sail on the Mississippi. :-)
Bo, yes, JB has a great event, we've been to it twice.  Hopefully next year we can take Putt Putt to Louisiana.
If anyone has additional questions please let me know.
Keith
www.herculesengines.com



On Jul 14, 2013, at 3:00 PM, curt at rustyiron.com wrote:

>> 
> Keith, looking good. Looks like you are ready for skis or a knee board :-)
> Curt
> 
> Last fall we bought a boat the a 5 HP Acadia engine in it.  This past
>> weekend we finally got a chance to put it into the water.  It took a lot
>> of cranking and tuning but we finally got it running pretty good and we
>> had a lot of fun putting around the lake. Here is a video of "Putt Putt"
>> If you want to see the engine skip to the last quarter of the video. If
>> anyone know anything about the history of this boat or has any suggestions
>> please let me know. We still need to get the starting process figured out.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P92z1LhyA-o
>> Keith
>> www.herculesengines.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> SEL mailing list
>> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
>> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel
>> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> SEL mailing list
> SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
> http://www.stationary-engine.com/mailman/listinfo/sel