Hello, I just bought my first boat and had a question about the outboard on it/prop.
The boat is plain ol 1654 flat bottom jon, about 1300 lbs when I'm fully loaded with friends to go fishing and it has a 50hp honda on it.
I swapped the prop because it was bouncing off the rev limiter with the prop that came on it, a 13 pitch.
I put a 15 pitch stainless on it and my clamp on tach was reading around 59-6000rpm. It tops out at 36mph on gps. Onto the actual question: When I throttle up, it gets up on step pretty quick, but listening to the motor, it sounds like it's shifting gears. When I first twist the throttle from a stop, it will rev to around 4000rpm and stay there for a few seconds while the speed increases before reving higher. Then at about 28-30mph, the rpm will drop slightly( which sounds like I shifted gears in a car) and then speed and rpm continues to increase until I hit max speed and rpm.
The boat is accelerating the entire time. Is this the prop slipping and then biting the water? It sounds alot like what your car engine would do if you're tires are spinning. (rev up, slow down, catch and continue revving)
Thanks, not sure if this was normal or not.
The boat is plain ol 1654 flat bottom jon, about 1300 lbs when I'm fully loaded with friends to go fishing and it has a 50hp honda on it.
I swapped the prop because it was bouncing off the rev limiter with the prop that came on it, a 13 pitch.
I put a 15 pitch stainless on it and my clamp on tach was reading around 59-6000rpm. It tops out at 36mph on gps. Onto the actual question: When I throttle up, it gets up on step pretty quick, but listening to the motor, it sounds like it's shifting gears. When I first twist the throttle from a stop, it will rev to around 4000rpm and stay there for a few seconds while the speed increases before reving higher. Then at about 28-30mph, the rpm will drop slightly( which sounds like I shifted gears in a car) and then speed and rpm continues to increase until I hit max speed and rpm.
The boat is accelerating the entire time. Is this the prop slipping and then biting the water? It sounds alot like what your car engine would do if you're tires are spinning. (rev up, slow down, catch and continue revving)
Thanks, not sure if this was normal or not.
