its NOT a prop!

[stanton]

everyone talks with the proper boating terms (short of port and starboard) but refer to an IMPELLER as a PROP.
wtf? you all know the difference, so why mix the terminology?

 

[Idok]

everyone talks with the proper boating terms (short of port and starboard) but refer to an IMPELLER as a PROP.
wtf? you all know the difference, so why mix the terminology?

mm, not reall...Ive never heard anyone on a standup talk about bow and stern, starboard to port...



besides, a prop sounds better than an imp! :cool2: :haha:

 

[Rickster]

[SIZE=-1]A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel.
www.boatersdream.com/libarticles.cfm


[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]A type of precision propeller in a pump that pressurizes the water and forces it toward the back of the boat.
www.pwcsafetyschool.com/newmexico/hb_55.html

They are both technically correct.
[/SIZE]

 

[tor*p*do]

I think of it more as a screw, it screws you boat through the water! :smile:

 

[michael950]

[SIZE=-1]A rotating device, with two or more blades, that acts as a screw in propelling a vessel.
www.boatersdream.com/libarticles.cfm


[/SIZE][SIZE=-1]A type of precision propeller in a pump that pressurizes the water and forces it toward the back of the boat.
www.pwcsafetyschool.com/newmexico/hb_55.html

They are both technically correct.
[/SIZE]

Actually, it is generically correct.

Technically, because the "propeller" is enclosed in a pump, it is called an impeller.


This is similar to the use of approximately. Approximate is a close but not precise measurement. Sometimes people use approximate in the context of precise.

 

[The other Alex]

Who cares. Its like when people say they are installing a bilge when it's really called a bilge pump. The bilge is the inside of a hull, a bilge pump pumps the water out.
A prop propells a boat forward, why can't it propel a ski? They are essentially the same thing.

 

[DAG]

Who cares.

ski-doo, seadoo, jetski

all the same:cool2:


BTW: whats a prop? i thought it was a propeller...

 

[michael950]

Some have no concept of nautical terminology. Thus the reason I am an advocate of boaters education.

 

[Rickster]

Actually, it is generically correct.

Technically, because the "propeller" is enclosed in a pump, it is called an impeller.


This is similar to the use of approximately. Approximate is a close but not precise measurement. Sometimes people use approximate in the context of precise.

Actually, it depends on which definition you use.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:PROPELLER&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

 

[WFO Speedracer]

So should I call Air Force personnel prop heads or Impeller heads ,I am now totally confused on this issue,thanks.

 

[Peter123]

or Turbine heads.

 

[michaelart]

tomatos or tomatoes, color or colour......what is the point here to be politically correct or technically correct......LOL

 

[LBE]

everyone talks with the proper boating terms (short of port and starboard) but refer to an IMPELLER as a PROP.
wtf? you all know the difference, so why mix the terminology?

Oh, that reminds me, who cares? :biggrin:


Semantics