Now I've seen everything . . .

[QC]

5 bhp . . . :}

 

[bassboy1]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

.....

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

Now I've seen everything . . .

Naaaaaaa ! ! ! You'll find something else before long.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

it keeps the water from splashing out of the redneck hot tub.

 

[xtraham]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

you could always put it on this.......

 

[deejaycee_2000]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

ok I give up ....... what am I missing here? ... what is strange about the pic? ....

 

[roscoe]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

Sorry deejaycee, we are not going to tell you.

 

[deejaycee_2000]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

ahhhhh come on .... the only unusual thing I can see is the trim fins on it ... but I have seen many on small motors like that ...... so unusual to you might not be so unusual to me ......

 

[tommays]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

I see those on dinks here all the time EVEN custom ones on the 2HP motors


Tommays

 

[QC]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

Sorry deejay, you have waaaaaaay more 'sperience with small boats and OBs than me, but do you really think that a relatively massive batwing, surface piercing, horizontally debilitating, stern jacking, trim altering, hydrofoil "stabiliser" is doing anything but slowing down a 5 bhp OB?

I actually have no experience with kickers etc. I do have a 5 bhp OB on a 14 ft. aluminum boat that does plane. It is also very trim sensitive, so I can't see how sumpin' like that could be anything but . . . uhhhhh . . . weird. I should do some testing, but I'm a) skeered and b) not sure how I could hide that wing while launching :$ 8)

I know they work on some stuff, some times . . .

tommays, you should suggest them to your sailboat racing friends, I'm sure they'd help those too . . . Why not? It worked for Australia II . . .

 

[CalicoKid]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

So is this like your signature nemesis QC? Like Bondo and his Bayliners or Garfield and his Mondays? Cute.

 

[QC]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

Yup. Don't know why, other than it defies all that I understand to stick more stuff in da water . . .

 

[cobra 3.0]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

It's a Batwing. (for those boaters playing their favorite super hero).

Quick Robin! Let's go to the BATBOAT.

na nanana nananana nanana BATMAN!!! BATMAN!!! BATMAN!!

POW! BOOM! SPLASH! Put put put put put! ZOOOOOOOM!

The Joker will never catch us with this on!!!

 

[Scaaty]

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[AJ168]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

You guys really have it in for planing fins...
I put one on my 18 ft aluminum cc. after making the mistake of allowing a 28hp to end up bolted to the transom. It made a whole world of a difference. It planed out much quicker and I think it added an extra 4 knots onto the top end speed. (A whopping 12 kts) And for those that say it's bad at high speeds, my uncle has one on his 16 ft. aluminum with a 30hp on it that I've gotten up to 35 mph, and it handles pretty wellat that speed. If I used my 12' jon boat that I have a 5.5hp on more, I'd buy one for it too.

 

[steelespike]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

While I consider foils a last resort solution I have had very good results on a 15 ft aluminum 50 hp Starcraft
runabout and an 18ft 120 hp Cobia bow rider.
They were doelfins and bolted right on with no fiddling.
The Cobia was on the boat about 4 years until yhey destroyed the lower unit on a rock at wot.The Starcraft about 8 years until we changed over to a pontoon.
I think on a 10 or 12 footer with a small motor a tiller extension is probably better.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

Scatty, LMAO!!!

 

[Scaaty]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

Scatty, LMAO!!!

8)

 

[QC]

Re: Now I've seen everything . . .

I agree that there are some applications where they help. I guess I believe that there is always a better fix: trim, weight shifting (tiller), height on transom, trim tabs, propeller etc.

When I see one on a 225, I cry, when I see one on a 5, I laugh . . . Like I said, maybe I should test one but I have never seen truly favorable test results. They almost always slow down a properly set up boat.

Howver, with adjustable trim tabs and SmartTabs, planing speed is dramatiaclly reduced, in my case a 20 footer and two 23 footers, planing speed is down around 12 MPH, and a reasonably efficient plane around 13.5. Trim tabs have no negative impact on top speed if installed correctly. Trim tabs, Doelfins, hydrofoils etc. can all mask a problem. I do not personally believe that the fins can enhance a boat that is right. It is entirely possible that I am wrong.

 

[bassboy1]

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