TOOOOO much power......

[dezfan]

Originally Posted by Rockpiledriver

You crack me up sometimes. Well.... most of the time.

That's a Hydro, hydro's do not have adjustable cav plates, what you call "trim tabs". That particular boat, Plum Crazy, utilizes what is called a W drive. It is a twin screw, counter rotating drive. The reason it did a wheelie like that is because they either had the drive angle set wrong for the power applied, or they had the wrong prop on for the amount of power applied. I happen to know the guy that built the props for that boat very well. He is also a TFH driver, used to drive "Madness" and a few other boats.

Now a flatbottom on the other hand, does indeed use cavataion plates. They are NOT however, computer controlled. They are controlled by the driver's left foot.

And before you go arguing with me, realize that I have been around drag boats all of my life. I have owned and driven 3 myself.

Here is a pic of the last one. Sold it a couple of years ago.

If you watch the video, you can see the twin props.

[rockwerks]

my badd I guess I've only seen the Flat bottoms in Parker, ffigured they where all the same. I guess I really dont know it all...........LOL. Ya learn something new every day.........