Ballistic Propellers
 

has anyone used them? suppose to work well on most boats, I was thinking of buying one for mine it's Four Winns 211 Liberator w/300HP 350, would this work well on this type of hull? I am looking for top end speed, the boat is very fast out of the hole even with a heavy load

Exellent Props!!! Not many people have tried them because they are not Hydromotives or Mercury's..Yet the people who have really had good results with them...I think MoPower used them on his Liberator and had the best results using them...PM him and ask him about them...I get better slip numbers and acceleration on my Ballistic than out of my Mirage Plus by far....I have been told that based on their design they are actually 1-2" higher than prop's of the same pitch. I have found this to be true on mine...What size are you looking for? I might have one laying around I don't use anymore. I am using a 17" actually came out to almost a 19. That I had reworked. I really like the prop....

BH

i was looking at these props two do the ones you have have the vent holes in the hub?

No vent holes...They also are available in a 4blade now also....Attwood used to make them and had the patent. Michigan Wheel bought the patent and now tout it as their top performance prop.....

BH

Mark,
I did have a 21" ballistic on my 211 Liberator but I had a 460 Ford and OMC with 1.43 gears. This worked better than anything else I tried. Mine withe 460 tended to be a bit doggie getting on plane. The Ballistic was a help.
Trailer Boat mag did a test one 13 different props a few years back and the Ballistic was the fastest and the second best holeshot. The three blade approached four blades for efficency. All in all they scored very high. I was very happy with mine, Later I bored and stroked a 460 to 540 and tried a 25" Ballistic.
Didn't have a GPS at the time but could easily bury the 80 mph speedo.
One reason they work well is , if you look at the blades they are much thinner than a Mirage. Almost like a factory lab job. The thinner blades create less drag and more go.
Best part of all they LQQK neat

thanks for the replies,Bad habbiot I am looking for a 21" I am currently running a 19" OMC viper (5500 RPM, too high) that has been reconditioned and seen better times, Mopower I changed the gear ratio in my drive to 1.65 because it was kind of hard to find performance props in a low enough pitch for the OMC drive, so are you saying a 21" would run like a 23"

Got one:D 23" that is

I've used Ballistic props for about six years and like them alot. They seem to get dinged up easier than some other props but the performance is very good. I don't know if this is true but a guy that repairs props told me that alot of times Ballistic props couldn't be repaired because they used inferior steel, but like I said I like them.

Ballastic props
 

Yes,they seem to run really well because they have a good bld design as well as very thin and are normaly limited to 3 repairs,Just depends on the damage,the Ballastic four bld is another good performing prop as well./Darin

Have someone tried ballistics on a heavier boat, around 38 feet? Had one on a smaller boat and I liked it.

/Torbjorn

Like I said earlier , I got one. Wanna try it ? PM me. Make you a heck of a deal;)

the Ballistic prop is one of the best props I ever had.
I tested it on a Baja Outlaw 24 with supercharged 502 and it was the fastest one, faster then any Mirage! The only problem is the rubber hub, no solid hub is available!
With more then 450hp the rubber hub spins thru!

I think due to the blade design you don't get as much bow lift as you do from a Mirage.

will be able to shed some light in a couple days, atleast for me, I just talked to MOPOWER and he sending the 23*, I'll have some feedback shortly

OSO comes thru again:D

I have a 26' Liberator with a single 454 and tried just about everything. I now run Merc Rev4 and love it. 2mph faster. The biggest advantage I found was that I can trim up much higher before the prop blows out. IF you can test drive a Rev4, I would do it.
You can run any of the new Merc props, you just need an adapter hub, about $30. The 19p Rev4 dropped my rpm by 600 compared to the 19p OMC Viper I had but still ran faster up top. My slip dropped dramatically. They do make the Rev4 in a 17p.

Mark???? Well , how'd it do?