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New boat porposing when trimming up - what to do? Is trim usefulfor anything other than obstacle avoidance?
Mitchell Gossman wrote:
New 21' Larson I/O 5.0 L, porpoises at high speed with trim anything other than full down trim. Why? What to do? I saw the post on hydrofoil and porpoising, someone suggested that removing the hydrofoil on his outdrive could make matters worse. How about the reverse, install a hydrofoil to improve matters? What's the downside? I am always skeptical about aftermarket devices like these because you would think that a manufacturer would ofer them standard or at least as an option if they meaningfully improved performance with little downside. According to the manufacturer, trim up improves speed and turning performance when on-plane. I have not been able to play around with this much because of the porpoising situation? Therefore, I pretty much raise the prop only to avoid obstacles at this time. Am I getting the point of trimming-up as far as boat performance? Mitch Gossman Two items come to mind - weight distribution and propellor surface area. Move weight forward to reduce porpoising. This will compromise top speed, though, if you are proped right. A 4-blade prop is one quick fix, but the right 3-blade will be fine too. The porpoising you describe is likely from the inability of the prop to hold the bow up while on plane - the power is fine from the engine but it has to be applied to the water from the prop. You have to increase the surface area of the prop by having larger blades or more blades - there are options either way, the best would be to try several different ones on a trial basis from a good prop shop. Rob |
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