The order is for 24 engines, with an option for an additional four engines. All the engines will be installed on high-speed RIBs in the nine-meter class, fitted with fiberglass keels.<\/p>\n
When Volvo Penta’s AD41 engine was tested by boat builder Zodiac Hurricane in Vancouver, Canada, the results exceeded the customer’s expectations. The requirement specifications stipulated a top speed of 35 knots with a full load and two-man crew, but in fact, with the Volvo Penta AD41 engines, the boat’s top speed was 39.5 knots \u2013 nearly five knots faster.<\/p>\n
The tests, some of which were carried out in harsh weather conditions, also showed that the boat had excellent maneuverability and that the drive package responded rapidly to driver commands.<\/p>\n
The Volvo Penta AD41 is a well-proven 200-horsepower six-cylinder diesel engine developed for planing boats. The turbocharged direct-injection engine is compact, powerful and fuel-efficient.<\/p>\n
The Duoprop drive efficiently transmits power to water, giving swift acceleration, high speed and low fuel consumption. The combination of a high cruising speed and low fuel consumption gives the boats a long range. The Italian coastguard’s new rigid inflatable boats will have a radius of action in excess of 160 kilometers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When the Italian coastguard invests in new rigid inflatable boats (RIBs), Volvo Penta provides the horsepower. A dozen Zodiac boats are to be fitted with the powerful Volvo Penta AD41 in a twin installation. The drive package gives the boats a top speed that exceeds the customer\u2019s specification by nearly five knots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-10502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-power-propulsion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10502"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldfishing.net\/icefish-conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=10502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}