30' Velocity Testing...
#11
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My 30 has HP500's, 1.5 bravo xr's with speedmaster lowers turning in. Ran 84 with 5 blade 15.5 x 28 hydromotives and 94 with 15.5 x 31 5-blade hydromotives at 5300 (limiters) with 3 guys and 1/2 fuel on flat fresh water. I think she has more in her as we ran 90 with half fuel and 6 people on board. I just need to get some 33's or 34's and see if we can turn them.
Call Steve up at Velocity and ask him about your set-up...nobody on earth knows how to set up a Velocity better. You're pretty close to 80, some good tweaking and you should get there!
Call Steve up at Velocity and ask him about your set-up...nobody on earth knows how to set up a Velocity better. You're pretty close to 80, some good tweaking and you should get there!
#12
My 30 has HP500's, 1.5 bravo xr's with speedmaster lowers turning in. Ran 84 with 5 blade 15.5 x 28 hydromotives and 94 with 15.5 x 31 5-blade hydromotives at 5300 (limiters) with 3 guys and 1/2 fuel on flat fresh water. I think she has more in her as we ran 90 with half fuel and 6 people on board. I just need to get some 33's or 34's and see if we can turn them.
Call Steve up at Velocity and ask him about your set-up...nobody on earth knows how to set up a Velocity better. You're pretty close to 80, some good tweaking and you should get there!
Call Steve up at Velocity and ask him about your set-up...nobody on earth knows how to set up a Velocity better. You're pretty close to 80, some good tweaking and you should get there!
#14
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My 30 has HP500's, 1.5 bravo xr's with speedmaster lowers turning in. Ran 84 with 5 blade 15.5 x 28 hydromotives and 94 with 15.5 x 31 5-blade hydromotives at 5300 (limiters) with 3 guys and 1/2 fuel on flat fresh water. I think she has more in her as we ran 90 with half fuel and 6 people on board. I just need to get some 33's or 34's and see if we can turn them.
Call Steve up at Velocity and ask him about your set-up...nobody on earth knows how to set up a Velocity better. You're pretty close to 80, some good tweaking and you should get there!
Call Steve up at Velocity and ask him about your set-up...nobody on earth knows how to set up a Velocity better. You're pretty close to 80, some good tweaking and you should get there!
#15
We went through the basics...drive toe, verifying indicators, prop selection, etc.
#16
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#18
I'm wondering if i seriously need nose cones now, am I not trimming it up enough, or what exactly I need. I have 540 hp - 540 ft/lbs small blocks turning 30 pitch bravo 4 blades to 81 mph.
I have the Drives trimmed to 7-9 (conditions depending) and the tabs 3-5 (conditions again) on the mechanical indicators, so they're is barely any hull in the water and only enough tab to stabilize the "pad walk" (as I call it). If your running 94 mph with HP 500's really curious as to what I'm doing wrong.
Hull is a Regal Velocity 30', built in 1989.
Might need to email Steve Stepp it seems.
I have the Drives trimmed to 7-9 (conditions depending) and the tabs 3-5 (conditions again) on the mechanical indicators, so they're is barely any hull in the water and only enough tab to stabilize the "pad walk" (as I call it). If your running 94 mph with HP 500's really curious as to what I'm doing wrong.
Hull is a Regal Velocity 30', built in 1989.
Might need to email Steve Stepp it seems.
Last edited by Kings11; 08-15-2012 at 12:28 AM.
#19
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I definitely recommend nose cones over 80. I added a Hydro-Motive nose cone to my Bravo 1 and the difference is huge, prop bite is much better when running more trim. Handling is much better also, I'm running 90 in a single engine 280.
#20
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Trim and tab sound about right. My guess is that you are over-propped for your engines' power-curve. I would assume you need to spin the SBC in the mid to upper 5,000's range to get that kind of peak power. At 81 MPH with a 30" pitch prop you can't be turning anywhere near that unless you have huge slip. Nose cones generally don't add speed in the 80 MPH range so I wouldn't be too hopeful. If you can't increase speed with smaller props then you're likely down on power if the hull is otherwise good.
I'm wondering if i seriously need nose cones now, am I not trimming it up enough, or what exactly I need. I have 540 hp - 540 ft/lbs small blocks turning 30 pitch bravo 4 blades to 81 mph.
I have the Drives trimmed to 7-9 (conditions depending) and the tabs 3-5 (conditions again) on the mechanical indicators, so they're is barely any hull in the water and only enough tab to stabilize the "pad walk" (as I call it). If your running 94 mph with HP 500's really curious as to what I'm doing wrong.
Hull is a Regal Velocity 30', built in 1989.
Might need to email Steve Stepp it seems.
I have the Drives trimmed to 7-9 (conditions depending) and the tabs 3-5 (conditions again) on the mechanical indicators, so they're is barely any hull in the water and only enough tab to stabilize the "pad walk" (as I call it). If your running 94 mph with HP 500's really curious as to what I'm doing wrong.
Hull is a Regal Velocity 30', built in 1989.
Might need to email Steve Stepp it seems.