Volvo Penta IPS – The inside story

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John Schneid - 5 years ago

A friend had this system and he hit some under water pilings next to a dock and it screwed up his boat and the props and shaft we're Fu*ked up up beyond repair. He did say that he got to close to the old dock... I have hit things with my Mercruiser duoprops and the props blades we're bent but the stern drives automatically raises to avoid any further damage. Also you can't get to close to the beach with the ips pods because you have props that suck all kinds of shiet into them ,, like ropes and nets and drift wood ..the small and insignificant increase in efficiency is not worth just one repair to props and the pod of this nature.. the Mercruiser Zeus system puts the props in the rear of the pod behind a skeg as well ... One other thing to think about......if you have the Volvo ips system please stay away from areas of Marine mammals as that system will kill them for sure it definitely should have a steel cage around those props ..

Michael Teeple - 5 years ago

The real test is to ask those that have owned the pods for several years, and the opposite side of spectrum arnesons. Pods good for low speed maneuvering, surface drives good for top end but most folks would go back to good ole inboards with prop pockets if they get the chance because one mishap or service will way offset any efficiency savings. Plus a volvo diesel just aint my best choice of power either.

ECO SURFACE DRIVES - 5 years ago

Hahahahahaha.....stupid pod

Spiderman - 5 years ago

If you were to add a conical shaped housing moulded with the Lower gear case housing from the propellers to exhaust reducing in size from prop to exhaust (like an aircraft jet engine or Dyson cyclone vacuum cleaner), would it add more power/thrust/performance and also reduce emissions and required horsepower..?

Michał Witkowski - 5 years ago

You could just get a yamaha engine smh

Henrit Proll - 5 years ago

AMO LA VOLVO PENTA MARINA.SIEMPRE

Dee Tee - 5 years ago

If you buy volvo parts, stay away from marine parts Express dot com. They are not an authorized volvo penta dealer...

Zeelander Yachts - 6 years ago

Love it!

orion silveira - 6 years ago

cara pra caralho..muito exposta qualquer coisa que acerte ela quebra..If you hit something breaks and is expensive to fix

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Chris Bullen - 6 years ago

Silly advert. No real facts just a boring sales pitch. where are the independent tests??

اروادوالسفن الصغيرة - 6 years ago

مرحبا ممكن اعرف سعرموتور Volvo TD/100

David Blalock - 7 years ago

What about those of us that have full series hybrids? do you have one that is sans exhaust?

S R - 7 years ago

I notice some of the IPS installations are canted to the outside instead of vertically. Is this by design or caused by the shape of the hull? Thanks, Steve

yotpop - 7 years ago

Unhappy about the unprotected props powering straight into all sorts of hazards: marine rubbish, trees and driftwood, rope, crab & lobster pot lines, set nets, plastics, shipping containers, divers and everything else that's bobbing around out there just waiting for a passing prop to foul. Perhaps a very substantial, forward-facing, stainless mesh housing would deflect unwanted flotsam without hindering performance. IPS - Inevitable Propeller Smash

Bob Builder - 5 years ago

Efficiency over safety ? Hope your joking. Anyway, the Jury is still out on how much more efficient these things are compared to a well designed shaft drive.

dave onan - 7 years ago

You cant have it both ways. The systems are highly efficient and effective because they operate in undisturbed water. Any housing or other structure that would deflect debris to protect the drive would also disturb water flow and reduce hydrodynamic efficiency. Agree with you 100% that these systems are inherently more vulnerable to damage from junk in the water. Its all according to each persons priorities, I guess.

phen phann - 8 years ago

how much?

salvor1 - 8 years ago

500 years of practical experience? a half of a hundred thousandth of an inch gear accuracy? Shot penning provides an additional 20% strength to the gear set? Those are all a bit of a stretch from a company that put the propellers on the wrong end.

SeikiBrian - 8 years ago

+salvor1 * shot peening.

DL - 8 years ago

+salvor1 Not only that, but apparently they also think they invented helical cut gears...

Das Boot - 8 years ago

What is the name of the song at 0:15?

RetroSpace TV - 8 years ago

People, how much this penta?

aguyandhiscomputer - 6 years ago

Den Förundrade
No... Millions!

Den Förundrade - 7 years ago

''Billions...''' - Austin Powers.

Bad Santa - 8 years ago

wonder if anyone has done a repower and retrofit.

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Alfredo Lisakovski - 9 years ago

impresionante esta tecnologia parabens atodos

Nordmore68 - 9 years ago

Well Bob, the housing is made of nickel, bronze and aluminium, not aluminum.
It is a nice construction, only too heavy.
By far.

Fat Kat - 9 years ago

Just think of a big log getting stuck between the boat and the prop
I jade Volvo

ianrkav - 9 years ago

Any of the IPS units been damaged by underwater objects such as ropes etc?

Dragon Steel - 9 years ago

Great new technology!! Used on cruise ships for many years now (aka: Azipods), just using gears instead of electric motors. It would have been really neat to get the pod turning radius an Azipod has. It is nice to see these on smaller boats.

無明lee - 9 years ago

開什麼玩笑.槳葉那麼大.又沒將水經過排水孔內.排水孔噴出來的水應該是引擎冷卻水吧?看水流測試槳葉那麼大竟無用武之地 ?!

angus salisbuty - 9 years ago

Imagine if you could mix this with the latest hydrofoil technology, the drag could be reduced almost completely!

rosly aziz - 9 years ago

nice

Andbody Saleh - 10 years ago

NICE AND WONDERFUL.

Carry Smith - 10 years ago

i love it how everything sounds perfect and wonderful in these factory videos

Markee z - 6 years ago

I wonder how many of these boats will sink at the dock? When that huge pivoting seal lets go.

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Wilbert Rolando - 10 years ago

iteresante

fuasshole666 - 10 years ago

Nice but what if you hit something no skeg

diaa damaam - 10 years ago

Do you think its possible to built embedded system controller in side each machine to control both machine behavior and the controller a mine the man who machine drive ( the driver man) and control his actions and in case he did not make the right choose the machine take the control resp. he limit his control action by ordering machine to not response or response with a period time that the controller define.

Wraith The Game - 10 years ago

Best engines ever!

C dub - 10 years ago

what a piece of shit!

Kevin S - 10 years ago

hmmmm... looks like a good engine will i live in illinois and i was thinking of taking my 40' ship out and i need a new engine i had a mecury disel my ship is only a moth old so its kinda like a baby to me so i like this engine i take my ship to lake micagan in IL and theres tons of weeds by my dock in my slot so i was wondering if this would work please commment me back im sick of the horrible mecury engine!

Volvo Penta - 11 years ago

Sanghun7277, IPS stands for Inboard Performance System

Volvo Penta - 11 years ago

Mariners37, sorry to read that you had a bad experience. I hope you contacted one of our dealers to get help. We wish you a nice problem free summer at sea!

T.B.Photo - 11 years ago

1:26 extrem Swenglish. ;-P

Volvo Penta - 11 years ago

Thanks Perrogaruao!

perrogaruao - 11 years ago

volvo are very good engines. i had a couple for 10 years and were great ... just pay attention to maintenance. I would like to have IPS in a boat some time soon ...

shovel20 - 12 years ago

@RAFCRI Most boats have there limits don't they!? But you will find it can deal with it just excellent!!! (I do not work for volvo Penta or claim to know their product! I am not liable nor do i represent their product, I do not hold the knowledge to have a final say or influence Volvo on other people. I stand as an opinion)

shovel20 - 12 years ago

@RAFCRI well Take it apart and replace it. Do you go over a lot of rocks and reefs and fishing line at the front of the boat while its moving

shovel20 - 12 years ago

@ABVolvoPenta Okay hang on I thought there was hydrolic in the IPS is there some secret electronic servos your not saying ;) I think hands down Volvo have won! Other companies are trying to copy the IPS but will run into problems because they have not engineered a superior system! I'm such a dick but I have done a lot of research on this and realised that raw water intake, cooling, exhaust and mounting is just the best the IPS does it all hahahaha! I'm also a bit drunk so cheers

shovel20 - 12 years ago

Wow! Pure genius prop wash allows exhaust to escape underwater and creates further thrust under water! WOW

baggy sartape - 12 years ago

Again, The underwater part of the IPS is designed to come off, normally for dangerous collisions, like running aground on high speed. not for log hitting. And even for traditional drives, when there is some sort of collision or ropes entangled, its a big pain in the ass to re-align the shaft and fix the damage. Happens a lot in asia, cuz of fishing culture and the waters are netted with fishnets.

baggy sartape - 12 years ago

The damage of the logs hitting the boat, if its normal shaft drive or IPS drive, is almost the same. So its not that, if there is a log floating on the water, its likely to damage IPS system, and not the traditional drives. But for extra safety, the IPS are designed to come off if they hit a hard object, So the drives and props dont penetrate the hull. So its designed to come off upon impact. Which ofcourse has to be replaced, and that aint gonna be cheap. But still, not a bad design.

Pontiac Geek - 12 years ago

forward facing props are a pretty effective design, but what if debris such as logs hits them?

Derek Pang Yu So - 12 years ago

The DuoProp is just an awesome idea, maximizing the performance. Giving your boat an engine and prop design identical to those on a Soviet Bomber (TU-95)

Joseph Leggio - 12 years ago

all u did was take mercury's bravo three prop and redesigned it and with the propelers faceing forward if you hit a log or debree your prop is done MERCURY ROCKS volvo sucks

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jeffreyho30 - 13 years ago

what if u hit a log

VonKaNon - 13 years ago

The Zuess still has the skeg to protect its props. This system puts them out in front, which is a more efficient use of the props, but leaves the props with no protection from underwater obstacles.

Roberto Franco - 14 years ago

Que pasa con el servicio Internacional de Volvo SESSA MARINE C 46 Mod. 2009 varado desde 23 de junio lleva 4 meses y no hay solucion. VOLVO IPS 600 Es muy fragil. Pague a Volvo Panama hasta hoy casi US 30.000 cambiaron la Upper Gear y Ahora dicen que es necesario cambiar la IPS COMPLETA y que yo como cliente pierda el valor de la Upper Gear

Roberto Franco - 14 years ago

Tengo un SESSA MARINE C46. El 23 de Junio a 15 Mn de Colon, Panama un tronco trabo las propelas de Babor Acudi al Dealer de Volvo en panama y dictamino el cambio de la Upper Gear. Como no la tenian para entrega en un tiempo corto la solicite a otro dealer de Volvo en Miami ubicado por SESSA MARINE U.S.A. Pague el repuesto y el delivery el dealer de Panama lo Instalo pero no hubo solucion.. Volovo dice que Panama no tiene que ver con Miami AAHH

boatrunner82 - 14 years ago

sy las propelas se frenan improvisamente tienes un allarma y la otra trasmission continua a trabacar normalmente y puedes regresar en segureza. Perdoname l'espaniol ma soy italiano.

Roberto Franco - 14 years ago

Deseo conocer que pasa en un frenado involuntario de las propelas

RAFCRI - 14 years ago

NO! NO! NO! You understand very weel that I don't speak about that!!!!! I hope to be in error but if happen what I'm going to say, 10000 units are dangerous, and someone is risking is life not the arm. if happen that the pod is free to turn ( the trasmission between the electric motor and the pod is broken) at the top speed the pod will go to the position of maximum turn? Someone can answer???? can volvo show some experiment about this? thanks

Volvo Penta - 14 years ago

Our steering system is not hydraulic but is electronic, so even if you break the transmission at full speed, there will be no consequences on the drivers' hands/arms (no hydraulik hard feed back to the steering wheel) and the engines will soon derate RPM to 1500, in safety mode. After more than 10.000 units sold, never had a single porblem on this issue.

RAFCRI - 14 years ago

what happen when you break the trasmission to the steering at the top speed and it is free???? Ask to the inventor to try!!! if happen the same of the tug it is too dangerous!!!