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  1. J

    How much slip does your prop have ?

    well, no...not directly. but if propping a boat, blade # and diameter still affect the max rpm @WOT, just like blade pitch does. If a 3 blade 14x14 is at 18% slip, then a 3 blade 15x14 ....or a 3-16x14 would give different slip % ?....the chart says no?... you're saying the "thrust" changes but...
  2. J

    How much slip does your prop have ?

    I've posted this before. It is 3 different props all giving the same performance #'s . Plugging in the #'s give different slip percents. wonder what the % slip is at different rpms. I ran a merc 3-16x12 for a few years to pull tubes full of teen agers. I wanted higher rpms under load. Plugged it...
  3. J

    How much slip does your prop have ?

    If my prop only gets me to the upper half of my rpm range, I'm changing my prop (which I did) regardless of what the slip is, I'm propping to rpm....which you did.... which, BTW, is the recommended sticky on this website. There is no mention of "slippage" as a propping tool....just say'n.
  4. J

    How much slip does your prop have ?

    but what difference does "slip" make if I'm hitting my proper rpm @WOT? Any change in pitch, diameter, or blade count is either going to put me above or below my ideal rpm, right?..... I've wondered about this for awhile.
  5. J

    Time to replace tires?

    I have the harbor freight manual tire changer. Modified with the Lucid Autowerks duckbill mount/demount attachement. I strengthened the bead breaker, no welding, by inserting metal spacers/ bolts between the arms. It bolts to the garage floor using concrete threaded inserts. I have a bead setter...
  6. J

    Time to replace tires?

    I mount and change my own tires, my solution.
  7. J

    Time to replace tires?

    I was kinda poking the bear, thought I'd get "roughed" up a little being the small ones....didn't happen😁 anyways' it's what my tandem pontoon trailer was equipped with. I get the highest load rate out there, So 4 @ 1600lbs apiece...gives me a little piece of mind pulling a 24' toon. yep...
  8. J

    Time to replace tires?

    and then there's us 10" tire guys....🙂
  9. J

    Random

    WTF?...I mean how does that happen? ....Humans never stop amazing me...🥱
  10. J

    Jacking a pontoon onto logs/pvc to roll into lake

    It'll hold. The structural part of a toon log are at the welded sections between the separate compartments and the rear. Since the board will span the length, the toon will be supported.
  11. J

    nice show...great location

    it's no issue..😁 most people are unaware of the Blues flying the F7U.....and the "Beetle Bombs"...😳....and forget the F-11 Tiger.
  12. J

    Jacking a pontoon onto logs/pvc to roll into lake

    don't let this happen😳
  13. J

    nice show...great location

    They flew the F-105 "B" model. If memory serves without looking it up, they flew it for 9 months after replacing the F-100 "C" model. Then suffered a structural failure of a wing, and moved back into the F-100 "D" model. Thanks, but unfortunately, the collection is now about 50-50 diecast and...
  14. J

    nice show...great location

    It's just my second time so I'm a ways from burnout. I was attempting to get past the restricted area that ends just past the 450 bridge, but I was too late. I though it might be better than where I was...( and it might be)...dunno. But this year I knew I wanted to be a lot more in the center...
  15. J

    nice show...great location

    yes, at the mouth. Annapolis. If ya' like planes n' boats....it was a good place to be.
  16. J

    nice show...great location

    yesterday
  17. J

    no speed

    eh...I had a 60hp merc. 4 stroke on my 24' pontoon and it'd get me to 20+ on a cool, good day.
  18. J

    Boats from work.

    where did you get toons from, and were they new?
  19. J

    More Speed - for fun.

    I guess what some of us are trying to say is that no matter what type of boat, different props can be used for fine tuning, as you have seen. But no prop is magical. FWIW. I went through 3 props that all gave me the same performance #'s . A merc.4-14x14, merc 3-16x13, and a Solas 3-15.5x13. All...
  20. J

    Boating the Upper Chesapeake

    Into my second year. I have a slip at Bowley's with a 24' pontoon. will be heading to annapolis for the angels again, conditions permitting.
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