Temptest throwing blades

[grout-scout]

Are you measuring them 3' from crest to trough or 3' wide? If you mean 3' wide, then yeah I see what you're saying.

[elisha552000]

That was funny!!!

When you fish water as big as we do you would understand that 3ft is nothing.

[GEEBASS2000]

I wouldnt consider 3 footers that rough.. 4 plus is rough. At the end of the day the wind had kicked up even more and they were easily 5 footers. Roughest water I had been in. So much for the 5-10mph winds they were calling for.. When fishing bigger bodies of water 2-3 foot waves are to be expected as a common occurrence.

Dude I agree ruff has nothing to do with it, I fish the great lakes often and have never slug a blade on stock OEM prop in my life. I did loose a blade one time with a "aftermarket performance prop" in calm water and that prop only saw calm water. Just my opinion the working of it had a lot to do with it.

[acheter]

I can't get anymore out of it. I've never thrown a blade except for a trophy.

[John Jackson]

Big Water = Bravo1

Plus 1000.
No prop is totally immune, but the bravo is very tough, and much better for rough water situations.

[gatorsin09]

I threw a blade on 2 separate bravo 1s and the 2nd one was a month out of warranty so merc didn't cover the prop or the chunk it took out of my lower unit. Fury 4 for over a year still has all It's blades

[Savage]

Bravo1 was originally designed for High Horse Power stern drives.....

Fury4 was designed for heavy boats with outboards......

[Atrain89]

Plus 1000.
No prop is totally immune, but the bravo is very tough, and much better for rough water situations.

I agree they are good for rough water situations however they are not as tough as you would think. I spoke to Mark Croxton last week and he said they are the worst for throwing blades because the blades are so thin. Said he had 5 in his scrape pile that were junk.

[Sports1]

Did Mark thin out the blades any when he worked them?

[rchavis]

Did Mark sharpen the blades edges and did you check them very offern . As they will have fine crack's in them and did know it . Then in the rough water they just sharer off .

[Silkstringz]

I agree they are good for rough water situations however they are not as tough as you would think. I spoke to Mark Croxton last week and he said they are the worst for throwing blades because the blades are so thin. Said he had 5 in his scrape pile that were junk.

Alot of that has to do with what they are on. Bullets, Allisons, strokers etc. When you are running them on a 300x at well over 6500rpms and surfacing them at 90+ mph I would imagine they will sling blades. In theory I would venture to say that the steeper the pitch, the more stress on the blade, thus a higher chance of slinging a blade, though I have no proof of that whatsoever. lol