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I've heard that the IPS drives if you hit a log or ground them and you are going fast enough to rip them off that you will do serious damage to the boat and that Merc's new drives are built better to break away and not damage th boat as much.
All the reading and research I have done tells me that the Zeus drives face aft and are semi-protected in "tunnels".:thumbsup: The IPS drives appear to be mounted out in the open, facing forward and without a shroud or any kind of protection.:smt013
Both the IPS and Zeus drives are designed to "snap" off cleanly without damage to the hull in the case of a solid strike to the drive.:smt038 In the case of an IPS drive, Volvo states a replacement drive can be installed in a very short time.:smt038 I have not yet seen/read about the replacement time/effort for a damaged/lost Zeus drive.:huh:
I am anxious to learn more about these drives and look forward to their implementation in a Searay boat that I can afford.
Volvo is close to releasing a joystick "IPS-like" implementation of their Twin Stern Drive system in boats under 40 feet. It utilizes their "drive by wire" controls of the twin engines to provide "IPS like" slow (IDLE) speed docking and maneuvering.:thumbsup:
Well then, i guess the answer is not to run your boat aground. But that doesn't answer the question of 'real world' living with IPS. Are they indeed fatser, cheaper to operater, easier to dock etc.?