Calling Steve Zukerman
08-12-2008 | 10:09 AM
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Thanks for the heads up. Since it's here in town on a friend's boat, I will still try it for comparison purposes.
I will probably end up with a 5 blade, as usual.
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Steve
08-12-2008 | 10:13 AM
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08-12-2008 | 11:38 AM
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08-15-2008 | 11:47 PM
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Chris
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Question: How do you think boat weight plays a part in prop depth in relation to the water and prop slip?
ie. two Nordic Heat's with the same x-dimension. One weighs 10,000 lbs. the other weighs 100 lbs. The heavy boat would have the prop deeper in the water than the light boat. The light boat would now have a prop that was mostly in the air, making slip very high. The light boat would have less drag for sure because less boat was in the water, but the slip would be really high because the prop was so high.
I think that changing the prop depth with shorties or spacers has something to do with weight also.
Chris
ie. two Nordic Heat's with the same x-dimension. One weighs 10,000 lbs. the other weighs 100 lbs. The heavy boat would have the prop deeper in the water than the light boat. The light boat would now have a prop that was mostly in the air, making slip very high. The light boat would have less drag for sure because less boat was in the water, but the slip would be really high because the prop was so high.
I think that changing the prop depth with shorties or spacers has something to do with weight also.
Chris
