P5X similar too??
 

I borrowed a friends 30 P5X last season and ran it on my 280 Velocity. It loved it. He doesn't want to sell it and I'm wondering if there is anything comparable that works similar. I tried labbed and standard Bravo ones and the boat lost about 3-4mph and also starts chime walking a lot when you get it up on the pad. I see some Signature 5 blades for sale but I haven't been able to try one. It seems odd to me that this boat likes the p5X so much, when I put them on another boat with twins I lost about 5mph compared to the 30 Labbed Bravo ones. I plan to sell the boat this spring and want to get something on there that doesn't chime walk and still performs decent.

Martin,

I would think Merc's Maximus would be a better equivalent, unless they are not shaft compatible (?). additionally, I have been told by numerous people, including Hydromotive, that their props tend to be higher pitch than equivalent Bravo props, not to mention losing the effect of the additional blade (more slip, I'd think).

Thanks. Brad.

P5x is great prop for sure! I have always wanted to test the cutting edge bravo style 5 blade, you might want check that one.

I've got Cutting Edge 28P and 30p 5 blade props and I like them on my Nordic Heat.

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Do you have any direct comparisons with this prop against something more common by chance? Thus far I've really liked every 5 blade I've spun but they've all lowered my slip down to 12-15% and I am going for closer to 18-20%. Running Bravo ones labbed and slip is 23-25% and it's like that through out all the speeds 3500-6000.

On my Nordic Heat, the 5 blade cutting edge props run about 4% less slip than a bravo one 4 blade. I had them make the 5 blades to 15" so that could explain why they have a bit more slip than a typical 5 blade. I think many 5 blades are at least 15.25 and larger.

Id say the Maximus would be your closest. I have run the P5X, Maximus, and Cutting Edge and settled on the maximus. They are all bow lift props and the P5X is in the middle with the Maximus having a bit more and the Cutting Edge having slightly less. Prop slip on my single engine Dominator is simply amazing with it. Augie at Cutting Edge worked with me to try and duplicate it and got very close but its not the same but does work good and that is my spare. Check with BBlades and see if they still have Maximus in their test program.

I have a 280 velocity with a warmed up 575sci., I've tried many props, 28 bravo, 29 bravo, 30 bravo, p5x 28 and currently running a max5 29. The max 5 is the best prop I've used, fastest, best cruise speed and by far best handling. Just so you know the velocity will chine walk at some point regardless of prop, this is coming from Steve stepp himself, the guy that built the boat. I'm running in low 90's with the max 5 currently. The p5x worked good but porpous issues with that prop. I want to try a 28 max 5, need more rpm still.

Your results point to the boat liking a 5-blade for grip and stability, which is why the P5X reduced chine walk and ran faster. The Bravo 4-blades just don’t hold the boat as well on the pad, so you lose speed and get more walk.