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my brother just bought a 2001 271 fast tec 496ho br1. I figured I'd ask you guys what prop he should have for all round playing. It now has 24p bravo1 4 blade. He says that it reach's for the sky way to long and won't plane off very well. Has to use full tabs and drive tucked all the way in even with only himself and 1/4 tank of fuel. topping out at 61 mph 5k rpms. remmber its a water speedo. this what he has told me I have not drive'n it yet. any Ideas???? what's everbody else running?

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I have two 26 bravo1's for my 271 fastec. one will get up on plane a little better than the other. The better planning prop hits 5100 rpm @ 66 gps while the other one hits 4900 @ almost the same speed.
From what I have heard the 271 is not the greatest planning boat. But I hardly ever have to use my tabs to get onto plane. With just myself & a light load of fuel it will actually pop right up without alot of bowrise.
My 271 ,as alot of others, run left hand rotation props on right hand drives. The left handed prop handles better than the right handed one I tested.
If your brothers prop is blowing out (as my spare does) while planning , Throttle up can work it over to reduce the blow out.

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Cosmic - after rereading your post I'm wondering if your brothers prop isn't slipping too much. My speedo reads 68-69 mph while my gps reads 66. Most non gps speedos read a few mph optomistic. So if his boat is actualling running 58-59 mph @ 5000rpm then his slip factor is a little on the high side.
Hope this helps chris

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thanks Chris. I haven't been in the boat yet. It's a little cold up here now and he put it away for the winter. We will have to wait till next season to really test it. He only had it out one time. could be that he just needs to get used to it. First boat and all.

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A friend of mine bought a nice 271 (used) last summer. Comes on plane in like 20 minutes! Something about the 271 hull, none of them plane off well. Prop blows out bad. Too bad you buy a stock boat with stock (Formula) propping and it works far less than adequate.

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are you saying that this is to be expected???? That would really suck! There has got to be a way to prop it better.( I Hope) :eek:

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That's exactly what I'm saying,,,,,,,,, and it does suck!

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There is a spacer in front or behind the pin on the end of the trim rams. Make sure it's in front. This allows for more negitive trim and quicker planing.

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Ya I thought of that and told him to ck it but its to late now will have to wait till next season. Thanks guys and if anyone has any other suggestions its going to be a long witer so lets hear'em

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Thanks Mopower for the suggestion, I made the change before putting it away for the winter. Hopefully i can find a good medium concerning plane vs top speed in spring, I've also been reading up on tabs. Although it seems that having to use them to plane isn't right.

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perfectly acceptable.

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Agreed. They are there to use, whether it be for planing or leveling.

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If you got'em use'em. I just can;t get over the fact that it didn't come for Formula with'em. Every one I have ever seen had 280s or bigger, just wierd :D

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Formula's prop selections are kind of wierd, I had an 02 292 with twins turning 28 pitch bravo 1 props and never had to use tabs for much of anything except to level ride heights with passengers on board, now a friend of mine just bought the 06 brouchere 271 from Magicfloat and with a 496/425 pulling a 26 bravo, it struggles to plane., it doesn't make much sense because the hulls are very similar between the two boats, his boat tops at about 62 mph with half a tank and 2 people turning app 4900 rpms. Seems like to much prop slippage to me. but then again,,,,I may be wrong.

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I have a friend with a 2005 27 with a 525 in it and it takes forever to get on plane. He opens the exhaust and it helps but with silent choice on it takes like forever. Its for sale if interested.

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I have a 95 model 271. It is not a step bottom, but it planes instantly, really with 1/5 throttle or less is jumps out of the water and noses over. It has a new rebuilt (stock) 502 efi with a 1:36 bravo spinning a 22 lab finish 4 blade.

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Hmmm, quite a mixed bag of results here between the boats mentioned, it doesn't make sense. It's gonna be a long winter waiting to get to the bottom of this. :(

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To get a 271 fastech to plane, you MUST move the spacer in the drive as Mopower has said. It makes a world of difference. As soon as you get on plane, hit the trim button a bit, because if you don't you will have nasty bow steer. (thats why the spacer is on the "wrong" side for a B1) Plus you need to put the tabs down. Moving the spacer and tabs down make a world of difference, but the boat is never going to go on plane like a Ski Nautique.