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Dueclaws

01-16-2002 01:07 PM

Skater 32B props

I read Skater 32B test in the latest Powerboat. Did you see the pitch on the props? 39" (with 1.26 gears)!. What do you suppose idle speed is? :eek:

boot	01-16-2002 01:32 PM

acording to the calculator "theory " it would idle at 29 mph !! Even at 20% slip would be 23mph ! Not much fun around the dock ,huh ! :eek:

cigarette1

01-16-2002 01:44 PM

I'm thinking that prop size is a typo ... maybe it should have read 29" :confused:

Dueclaws

01-16-2002 02:16 PM

At first I thought typo too, but if you do the math, to go 115 at 4500 RPM, 39" is close.

cigarette1

01-16-2002 02:26 PM

But that would have the Slip factor at around 15% ... seem like a high slip factor for a Skater running over 100 mph

Dueclaws

01-16-2002 03:54 PM

Agreed. Maybe it's really somewhere in between: like a 36? Regardless, wish I could run 115 at 4500!!! :D

boot	01-16-2002 03:59 PM

Mine does ! :D HE HE HE !! :D

boot	01-16-2002 04:05 PM

Yeah ,that artical has to be wrong .I have 1.36 gears and 17x31 or 32 (I forget which) and I have a 39' 11,000 lbs boat. NOT a Skater !

Dueclaws

01-16-2002 04:14 PM

OK Boot, rub it in!! :p :D

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