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<blockquote data-quote="Ranchero50" data-source="post: 225404" data-attributes="member: 1523"><p>It's all relative. The bottom of my river isn't flat, it has boulders every couple feet so I like to have an extra foot under the hull before launching. Pre tabs and pods the boat launch would be be described as vision distorting. The rear would dig in and shoot the hull out of the water at around a 30` angle and cavitate the pump. Shutting down was like running into a gravel bar, the boat just slowed hard and sank in the rear. With the pods and tabs it launches flatter and comes off plane smooth and flat. The bad is I don't decellerate like I did before but I don't settle as much either.</p><p></p><p>My tabs are adjustable with bolts now and I'm either going to make them automatic via springs or manually adjustable from the console so I can tune them underweigh. The best part of this boat is I can do what I want. The goal is flat launch and stop with tabs flat and then run on the ride plate with the tabs up for speed and performance.</p><p></p><p>Check out my goofing off video, that was with the tabs adjusted up and the boat dug in a bit more than the earlier videos. Gives a pretty good show of goofing off but if I launch straight and smooth on the throttle it doesn't dig in nearly as much, just goes.</p><p></p><p>Jamie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ranchero50, post: 225404, member: 1523"] It's all relative. The bottom of my river isn't flat, it has boulders every couple feet so I like to have an extra foot under the hull before launching. Pre tabs and pods the boat launch would be be described as vision distorting. The rear would dig in and shoot the hull out of the water at around a 30` angle and cavitate the pump. Shutting down was like running into a gravel bar, the boat just slowed hard and sank in the rear. With the pods and tabs it launches flatter and comes off plane smooth and flat. The bad is I don't decellerate like I did before but I don't settle as much either. My tabs are adjustable with bolts now and I'm either going to make them automatic via springs or manually adjustable from the console so I can tune them underweigh. The best part of this boat is I can do what I want. The goal is flat launch and stop with tabs flat and then run on the ride plate with the tabs up for speed and performance. Check out my goofing off video, that was with the tabs adjusted up and the boat dug in a bit more than the earlier videos. Gives a pretty good show of goofing off but if I launch straight and smooth on the throttle it doesn't dig in nearly as much, just goes. Jamie [/QUOTE]
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