K-Planes??
 

When the weather breaks or I should say if the weather EVER breaks, I am going to install a set of K-Planes. I am sick of those junk Insta-Trim trim tabs that Checkmate put on.
I was going to go with Kiekehauffer 280-S planes but I stumbled onto the site I linked below. Has anyone heard of or used K-Planes from these guys? How is the quality? I like the fact that they are billet rather than cast. The choice of colors and finish is also a nice option. I am thinking of going with their hp1000 kit. What do you think? I am hoping to see a big change from my stock tabs.

http://www.danamarineproducts.com/st...FTOKEN=5443515

checkmate454mag - Go get the February issue of Power Boat Magazine if you haven't already, there is a good article on installing K-Planes, they put them on a new 28' Formula, it has photos and everything. They said it took them about 12 hours to install them. Eric

You can check out eddie marine.com

I have a 259 Convincor. My current tabs are 16 ". The hp1000 planes are 23", the hp900 planes are 17". Any opinions?

FormulaFastech

That's why I want the opinions of the members of this board.

My buddy had a '89 251 Checkmate Convincor with 280S K-Planes. They worked great. He hardly ever had to adjust them from neutral, or parallel with the bottom, as they were perfect for the boat, with the 500HP.

Thanks for all the information. But, has anyone used K-Planes from Dana Performance Marine??

http://www.danamarineproducts.com/st...FTOKEN=5443515

No but IM thinking about exactally what your doing
get something less expensive than the 280S k planes that will yield the same result
more flat running boat
not bobbing up and down
Jason

Checkmate454, I have looked at the Dana products, they appear to be high quaility. I think the only question is how they hold up. I remeber several threads from race teams saying they were real good for them in race conditions. I think the other thing to think about is the cost. I have a 251 convincor and considered instaklling K-Planes on mine, but for ~200$ I changed my Bennett sport tabs from the 9" to the larger ones (I just changed the bottom) and changed the location in closer to the drive. This helped dramaticaly with the handling issue. I think if money was no object then I would go with the K-Planes, but if money was no object the I'd have a 41' Apache !

i have been thinking about a pair of these tabs form eddiemarine . . .anybody have any experiance with these . here a link . they are like 1600.00 for the whole kit. sounds pretty good to me. i have seen those dana's on more than a few race boats. they look pretty heavy duty. looks like a good price on those to.

billet tabs