5 blade on an Enticer
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5 blade on an Enticer
Most of you know the PQ 290 has a chine walk problem. Mine was no different. Changed to the 4-blade and hydraulic steering and that took care of it for me at least up to 60mph. Going to be faster in 2023 and was thinking that maybe 5-blade props might help at higher speeds. I don't know if anyone has tried them on a 290 or not. Would like to hear from anyone running them and thoughts on using them for stability. Maybe not a good idea on a stock Bravo drive with higher hp? FYI, I have stock Bravo's with 1.5:1 ratio.
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Most of you know the PQ 290 has a chine walk problem. Mine was no different. Changed to the 4-blade and hydraulic steering and that took care of it for me at least up to 60mph. Going to be faster in 2023 and was thinking that maybe 5-blade props might help at higher speeds. I don't know if anyone has tried them on a 290 or not. Would like to hear from anyone running them and thoughts on using them for stability. Maybe not a good idea on a stock Bravo drive with higher hp? FYI, I have stock Bravo's with 1.5:1 ratio.
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Most of you know the PQ 290 has a chine walk problem. Mine was no different. Changed to the 4-blade and hydraulic steering and that took care of it for me at least up to 60mph. Going to be faster in 2023 and was thinking that maybe 5-blade props might help at higher speeds. I don't know if anyone has tried them on a 290 or not. Would like to hear from anyone running them and thoughts on using them for stability. Maybe not a good idea on a stock Bravo drive with higher hp? FYI, I have stock Bravo's with 1.5:1 ratio.
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Mine was terrible with the 3-blade Mirage props. 25 pitch. I installed the hydraulic steering first and it helped but the 4-blade really made a difference.
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Nobody with 5 blades with an opinion?
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This.
I've spoken to several knowledgeable individuals on this very topic while I was routing out the demons in my PQ280 (that ended up being snotty fuel injectors). They all tell me the same thing: "The easiest way to blow up an outdrive is to put a low pitch five blade prop on it and do a holeshot." Lots of leverage, very low slip and a heavy boat is a recipe for a drive gear grenade.
Thanks. Brad.
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That answers that. I was thinking it may have been a bad idea but wanted to verify. Thanks for the info.
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Depending on your drive height (im guessing rather low) it will likely exacerbate any handling characteristics you dont like. 5 blades are really intended for rather high drive heights and unless you have high slip numbers, they will not ad speed. Think of blade number like the width of a tire. If you need a wider tire (more blades) to keep the car hooked up, you'll go faster. If you don't need it, it's more drag.
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Thanks for your input. In my mind going from 3 blades to 4 blades helped quite a bit with stability, so going 4 blades to 5 blades should do the same? I wasn't looking for speed by switching to 5 blade props but being stable at WOT speed whatever that is going to be. I am pretty sure the drives are quite low compared to other go-fast boats. Also I posted some slip numbers that are so good that they rivaled numbers by catamarans Lol!!! Thanks again for your input. I will be sticking with the 4-blade Bravo1 props I have.