Paddle drive

The mechanism employed to transfer energy from the engine to the paddle propeller(s). Examples of types are: direct drive facilitated by mounting a single cylinder engine diagonally, with its piston head down; or an oscillating mount where the cylinder itself is mounted on a pivot. The overhead beam type has a vertical connecting rod swinging an overhead horizontal beam pivoted at its middle, which in turn transfers the power to the paddle shaft. A side lever engine utilizes a beam pivoted at its centre, but the beam is offset beside the cylinder. The 'grasshopper' engine also uses a side- mounted beam, but one pivoted at one end, with the paddle shaft drive connecting rod attached roughly halfway along the beam's length.

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