About Rudi
Mr Scholz gained his academic qualifications in Germany and holds an MBA (Diplom Wirtschaftsingenieur, U of Braunschweig, 1988), postgraduate qualifications in industrial engineering (REFA Ing, Institute for Industrial Engineering in Hannover, 1988), postgraduate certificate in welding engineering (SLV Welding Institute, 1985), master’s degree in shipbuilding, naval architecture and marine engineering (Diplom Schiffbauingenieur, U of Hannover, 1983), and a certificate for building wooden and fiberglass boats (Opelit in Frankfurt, 1972). He has also studied in the Department of Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering of the University of Michigan in the USA.
RINA has published several families of surface propeller . Here the a copy. For 4 bladed propellers go to the attached literature.
Levi LD 320-350 Surface Drives with Propeller Item Details: These units of Levi Surface Drive LD 320-350 with Propeller is available for sale. Details are listed below: This Levi Surface Drive is for a boat (Single or Multihull) about 16-18m. … Continue reading →
This project was done to show some fisherman in Malaysia that that surface propulsion can work economically on their boats. We used a 2. hand park boat and and marinized 2 Myvi petrol car engines. The idea was to drive … Continue reading →
Motor Boat & Yachting Record-breaking boat designer Renato ‘Sonny’ Levi dies at 90 Ray Bulman November 14, 2016 0shares Record-breaking boat designer Renato ‘Sonny’ Levi has died peacefully at the age of 90 at his home on the Isle of … Continue reading →
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Here a link to an interesting articles on Hickman’s “Sea Sled” written by Dave Gerr and published in Boat Building Magazine Jan/Feb 2003. Gives a bit of history on surface propellers. “Sea Sled slides again” by Dave Gerr Boatbuilding Magazine … Continue reading →