32 Skater with supercharged Rtech 800EFIs
04-15-2005 | 06:05 PM
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Re: 32 Skater with supercharged Rtech 800EFIs
Originally Posted by tomcat
The progress report for today:
The five blade props arrived today and if acceleration with the four blades was brutal, you'd have to call it vicious with the five blades!
Conditions on the test area were rough and windy, so they could not do a top speed run. But they were able to exceed 120 mph in less distance than it took the four blades to get there, and they did not hit the rev limiter. Now we're getting somewhere.
The five blade props arrived today and if acceleration with the four blades was brutal, you'd have to call it vicious with the five blades!
Conditions on the test area were rough and windy, so they could not do a top speed run. But they were able to exceed 120 mph in less distance than it took the four blades to get there, and they did not hit the rev limiter. Now we're getting somewhere.
04-24-2005 | 11:56 AM
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Re: 32 Skater with supercharged Rtech 800EFIs
Still waiting on final prop testing. The five blade Merc didn't seem to help top speed. Discussion with Bruce Bullock, the local Skater dealer, pointed towards the Hydromotive P5. He said definitely not the P5X; I guess stern lift is not needed with this hull. Most likely tests now are 36 Bravo or 36 P5. I'll report the results as soon as available.
05-24-2005 | 09:13 AM
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Re: 32 Skater with supercharged Rtech 800EFIs
The latest results are 125 mph @ 5400 RPM using Hydromotive P5. Learned today that all prop testing has been done by setting the trim at the red marks put on the indicators by Skater. They haven't played with the trim at all to max out speed with any of the props tested. That's the next step. Hey yahoo, you got any experience trimming cats at high speed?
