摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an outboard motor control apparatus that can decrease a driving force of an internal combustion engine at an appropriate timing, thereby mitigating a load imparted to an operator owing to a shift lever manipulation, while enhancing the flexibility of layout. <P>SOLUTION: In the outboard motor capable of changing a shift position between an in-gear position which enables the driving force of the internal combustion engine to be transmitted to a propeller by engagement with one of a forward/reverse gear and a neutral position which cuts off the transmission of the driving force by disengagement therefrom, it is configured to detect a throttle opening TH of the internal combustion engine and a revolving speed of the engine (engine speed) NE (S108), calculate a change amount DNE of the detected engine speed (S112), and conduct driving force decreasing control to decrease the driving force of the engine based on the detected throttle opening TH, the detected engine speed NE, and the engine speed change amount DNE (S106, S110, S114, S116). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |