MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizer can reduce a vessel’s roll by up to 95 percent and have a host of advantages over its competition.
One of the biggest game-changers for vessels ranging from small center consoles to superyachts is the growing use of gyro stabilizers to vastly reduce roll. One of the relative newcomers to the North American market is Quick SpA from Ravenna, Italy, which has been a worldwide leader for a wide variety of marine products like thrusters and windlasses since 1983 and introduced the MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizer to the United States in 2017.
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1. MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizer: A Simpler Design
When it comes to mechanical systems that operate in a harsh marine environment, simpler is often the best way to go, and the line of MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizers embraces that philosophy. They feature a flywheel that spins around a horizontal axis, evenly distributing the considerable centrifugal forces on on the bearings, unlike other models with a vertical axis that primarily work on the lower bearing.
This design allows MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizers to spin at a slower rate, which creates less heat and allows it to be air-cooled rather than needing a complicated water-cooled system and also gives it a few other advantages.
2. Ease of Installation Translates to Lower Cost
Water-cooled gyro stabilizers require through-hull fittings, which significantly increases the cost of an installation. Looking at several websites of dealers that install them reveals the installation cost of the smallest units can cost more than 80 percent of the cost of the unit itself. With MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizers, no through-hull fittings are needed. They just need to be securely fastened with as few as eight bolts to a vessel’s hull structure. It does not even need to be mounted directly on the centerline but does need to be aligned along a hull’s fore and aft orientation in the generously large acceptable zone that gives lots of options in order to best accommodate a boat’s design.
Authorized Quick center technicians handle the installation to ensure the job is done correctly to maximize safety, longevity and performance and certify each gyro’s installation with Quick Commissioning.
3. MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizer require less maintenance
MC2 Quick Gyros require less maintenance than water-cooled units, which are housed inside a vacuum, making them harder to service without removing the unit and dismantling it. When periodic routine maintenance is required every 2,000 hours for Quick Gyros, a reminder will appear on remote touch panels. During this scheduled maintenance event, authorized Quick service personnel will grease the fittings, check the inverter’s software, and inspect the pistons and other control points for wear.
4. Faster Spool-up Times
Because MC2 Quick Gyros only spin up to a maximum of between 3500-7000 rpm rather than the nearly 10,000 rpm by its competition, spool-up times are shorter. The X2 model is the smallest in the Quick lineup and can reach its maximum rpm of 6000 in just 10 minutes. The competition’s smallest model takes 35 minutes to reach its maximum of 9750 rpm. This means vessels with MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizers can be on the job, reducing up to 95 percent of a boat’s roll much quicker.
5. More Choices
No other company offers more choices for gyro stabilization than Quick. For smaller vessels that use 12-volt DC battery power, there are six models ranging from the X2 to the X13 that can be installed on a wide range of vessels from outboard-powered center consoles to day cruisers.
For vessels that use generators to create AC power, there are 11 choices, ranging from the X5 all the way to the X75, which generates a staggering 27153 N-m-s (Newtons-meter-seconds) of stabilizing force. Because more than one MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizer can be used in an installation, superyachts up to 400 tons in displacement can take advantage of this technology.
One More Benefit
There are many more reasons to consider choosing a MC2 Quick Gyro Stabilizer but one of the most overlooked is not just the increased physical comfort of those aboard but also the psychological well-being of those who are a little fearful of being on the water, which is increased when a vessel rolls severely.
About Quick Spa
Quick Spa, international leader in the production of nautical equipment, designs, produces and engineeres all its products in the Italian Headquarter in Ravenna.
Quick Headquarters is distributed over an area of 50,000 square meters and It is located in the countryside near Ravenna. The plant includes many different production departments, all the laboratories of research, development, design and the general management and staff offices.
Quick Spa holds also an engineering factory named CATT and placed close to the headquarter, where there are the most consistent production machinery of the whole company. This operating structure has allowed Quick Spa to raise products’ quality, providing custom products meeting different customers’ needs, to create new articles according to customer specific requests and boast MADE IN ITALY products. CATT srl is characterized by CAD-CAM design stations, several last-generation CNC centers, lathes and precision equipment.
Since 2006 Quick Spa has been in the United States as Quick USA INC, which develops commercial and technical assistance activities for the American market. Quick Spa is also present in the UK with Quick UK, founded in 2018.
Quick Spa has also recently acquired Sanguineti Chiavari, Xenta and Nemo Industries.
