trim tab mounting question
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trim tab mounting question
Why would you mount tabs flat with the waterline like this
over mounting them at the same angle as the hull like this?
Speed? Water conditions?
over mounting them at the same angle as the hull like this?
Speed? Water conditions?
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Mounting them Horizontle is more for how the boat flys when launching off waves going fast, it controls the front of the boat more Up/Down than it does keeping it level laterally. mounting them like pic 2 parrallel to the bottom is more for correcting listing like 2 BIG Girls sitting on the same side of the boat.
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Mounting them Horizontle is more for how the boat flys when launching off waves going fast, it controls the front of the boat more Up/Down than it does keeping it level laterally. mounting them like pic 2 parrallel to the bottom is more for correcting listing like 2 BIG Girls sitting on the same side of the boat.
I researched this a bit and IMO mounting them horizontal to the water as in pic #1 makes more sense in my mind. Although my mind isn't quite right!
It looks like the tabs in pic 1 are mounted a little high, but they are monsters for that size boat so probably work. Most of them I have seen are mounted more inward over the inner strake and at about the same height as the lowest point when mounted parallel to the hull. Hopefully that makes sense.
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