Drive shower for high x dimension
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I know you didn't, but you did say the prop forced water into the shower.
I know there are variations of drive showers.
But speaking of Simrek.
Go to 3:50 in video below. The pickups are pointing forward and way ahead of the aft tips of the prop.
I'm not saying there is no way. But I'm not believing that any water is being forced into that shower by the prop!
Aside from the Simrek. I think they still need to be in the flow of water to be force fed by that. Not the prop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOqoLWLwPg
I know there are variations of drive showers.
But speaking of Simrek.
Go to 3:50 in video below. The pickups are pointing forward and way ahead of the aft tips of the prop.
I'm not saying there is no way. But I'm not believing that any water is being forced into that shower by the prop!
Aside from the Simrek. I think they still need to be in the flow of water to be force fed by that. Not the prop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPOqoLWLwPg
A quick phone call to the manufacturer would probably solve all of this too
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I know you didn't, but you did say the prop forced water into the shower. "Quote"
Yea/No mine were completely different design then those in the video. Mine went thru the cav plate as far back as possible and all four pick ups where 2 inches straight down with the holes facing the prop. trust me they had more then enough water from the prop. keep in mind the pick ups were 2 inches below the cav plate.
I assume each hull and depth of drive will vary but in this case it was great.
Yea/No mine were completely different design then those in the video. Mine went thru the cav plate as far back as possible and all four pick ups where 2 inches straight down with the holes facing the prop. trust me they had more then enough water from the prop. keep in mind the pick ups were 2 inches below the cav plate.
I assume each hull and depth of drive will vary but in this case it was great.
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Lol. I say whatever you want cheech. I couldn’t care less. I just found it surprising that some actually think the cav plate on these hi performance boats are below the water line.
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But just like the OP and the reason for this thread. I'm of the mindset that the drive shower isn't being fed in some situations. Not even by the prop.
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I don’t know how a prop spinning at say 3300rpm (motor at 4950rpm for example), or 55 revs per second, that’s less than an inch away, isn’t forcing a lot of water up the drive shower pickup.
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TBC. Great idea. No doubt that works and gives you pressure at all times. Especially at higher rpm when most needed. May look into that idea. Thanks for the idea