Honda outboards offset crankshaft design - vertical shaft

Midpage of

http://www.temagamimarine.com/htm/hondaobm.html

shows Honda's new offset crankshaft design.

This might be useful for heli's where the crank shaft power output
bearing must take high radial loads or the second shaft itself could
be used as output.

Crankshafts able to take radial output loads are not very common
especially vertical shaft and 40 horsepower.

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