Starflite Pad Revisited

[opsdave]

It's not climbing up on the pad.

 

[Mark]

Right now I'm hitting a wall right around 66-70 mph. I've ran a 24 Hoss Triton 2, 26 Trophy Plus, and 28 Trophy Plus all to the same speed. I think the pad is too narrow and too tall. I've tried different motor heights and still the same results. I added 4 more inches of setback to my setup this week and will do more testing. I used to be able to run the 24 to 73-74 mph before the pad. There was so much torque on the cable steering I could not prevent the chine walk with steering input. I now have a seastar pro hydraulic system, but can't get back to my original speed.

I am sorry to hear it has not worked out the way you had hoped. That was a huge project. You may be right about the dimensions of the pad. Essentially to get on pad it has to lift the entire weight of the boat onto 7 inches. I remember seeing a picture of Tcat's (no longer up). http://checkmate-boats.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4631 It was 10 inches wide and was at least an inch high. It was good for 5 more MPH.

 

[illMATTic]

See the pad on the 2100's are about 1/2" tall. The leading edge from the bow looks way different.

 

[opsdave]

The Pulsare pad was built in to the design of the hull. When you add a pad to an existing hull the only way to keep it low it to cut away part of the existing hull. If I had to do it all over again I would have added material to the inside of the hull before I put the floor down and then removed part of the V on the outside to create a lower height pad. I still may do this over the winter. I could cut out the floor for the ski locker and have access that area. I'm still undecided at this point. I'm going to run it with the additional setback this week and give it some thought.

 

[opsdave]

Looks like a little more setback may have done the trick.... I forgot the GPS today, but the boat aired out very well. I'll get some numbers soon.