Dead mans throttle...stupid question !!

[paul h]

I just finished manufacturing my deadman's throttle, I have never used one before but I can't stop thinking about how uncomfortable it must be to hang on to your boat with your hand spread wide.??
I was think about a motorcycle twist throttle mounted in the same fashion as the deadmans throttle. ….I know if it was a good idea…you would already be using it !!
OK ....flame away !!!
Cheers !!

[Abbott Racing]

if your hand is spread wide you should be stopped. Normally when you are full throttle your hand is squeezed tight. If you are at full throttle with your hand wide open you have probably installed something incorrectly.

[paul h]

Ok ...hang on...I'll post one tonight !!
Cheers
Paul !

[treadguy]

Paul.............just a short note. Hand wide apart, having coffee. Hand squeezed tight, having fun..............

[Abbott Racing]

you forgot to mention having fun and hopefully going fast

[treadguy]

The going fast part was implied in there somewhere. If not, I stand corrected. Going fast IS the fun part.

[jeff55v]

That reminds me...

Billy Allen had a twist throttle mounted on his steering wheel.

That reminds me about when I was a kid watching a boat race. This particular time my Dad took me to go see the "loopers" race. Anyway, there was a guy racing there who had only one hand. He controlled his throttle in the normal fashion with his left hand. Then, to steer the boat, he placed his "stump" into a cup shaped receptactle mounted along the outside diameter of the steering wheel. Even with this compromised grip on his boat, he did very well. And it looked as though he had been doing it for a long time like that! Crazy huh?!

[paul h]

Ok ...Here they are !



Having coffee !!!


Having Fun !!


But this seems a little akward !!.. I think I'd rather hang on to a motorcycle twist grip with a clenched fist !!.....But like I say...I've never used one before !!
Cheers
newbe paul !!!!

[Steve77t]

That reminds me about when I was a kid watching a boat race. This particular time my Dad took me to go see the "loopers" race. Anyway, there was a guy racing there who had only one hand. He controlled his throttle in the normal fashion with his left hand. Then, to steer the boat, he placed his "stump" into a cup shaped receptactle mounted along the outside diameter of the steering wheel. Even with this compromised grip on his boat, he did very well. And it looked as though he had been doing it for a long time like that! Crazy huh?!

The man you refer too is Phil Howard and he was tough in the day and still would be i'm sure if he still raced.
Steve

[Stuboat97]

Squeezed tight is wide open throttle, or go fast. Open is slow down or when you've left the Office. LOL.

[Steve77t]

Ok ...Here they are !



Having coffee !!!


Having Fun !!


But this seems a little akward !!.. I think I'd rather hang on to a motorcycle twist grip with a clenched fist !!.....But like I say...I've never used one before !!
Cheers
newbe paul !!!!

Don't think I would want to try the twist grip thing and puul pipes and hold on at same time in a 500 runabout! Yikes

[treadguy]

Good point about the twist grip idea, Steve. Seems like it would be kind of strange............Twist, pull, hang on, turn, hang on again, no twist, huh?
Thanks for putting Phil Howard's name out there. I tried soo hard to remember his name but just couldn't get there. He was not only a good driver, he's a great guy, too.

[Richard K.C. Mo.]

throttle,brake?

Funnyn thing i always thougt that was the brake.
RichardKCMo

[paul h]

I take it that you can use anything you like .....as long as the throttle closes under it's own power.
Thanks guy's
Cheers
Paul

[WebinfoAPBA]

That reminds me about when I was a kid watching a boat race. This particular time my Dad took me to go see the "loopers" race. Anyway, there was a guy racing there who had only one hand. He controlled his throttle in the normal fashion with his left hand. Then, to steer the boat, he placed his "stump" into a cup shaped receptactle mounted along the outside diameter of the steering wheel. Even with this compromised grip on his boat, he did very well. And it looked as though he had been doing it for a long time like that! Crazy huh?!

The famous midget car racer Mel Kenyon had his wheel rigged the same way. Only he built a rubber grommet to be sewn into his glove. Then he slipped that into a cup on the wheel. He had suffered burns to 50 percent of his body and lost the fingers and thumb on his left hand.

Here's a picture: