Hydrofoil

[slinkeey]

Why don't outboards just come with different cavitation plate.
http://www.bbcboards.net/zerothread?id=624825

Everyone seams to say on that thread that a Hydrofoil only helps and will not do anything to hurt. One person dissagrees.

I would think that if it was good thing, the motor companies would just use a different cavitation plate design.


Modified by slinkeey at 12:25 PM 1/20/2011

[Lea]

Didn't work well on my last boat...totally an individual boat/motor thing...

[Tom in Stl]

Worked well on my last two boats. Haven't had my new one in the water yet to find out.

[pmgoffjr]

On 99% of every champ, they are a waste of time, and will negatively affect handling. They are simply masks to hide a bad setup.

[ChampioNman]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by pmgoffjr &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">On 99% of every champ, they are a waste of time, and will negatively affect handling. They are simply masks to hide a bad setup.

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[Steve 187]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by pmgoffjr &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">On 99% of every champ, they are a waste of time, and will negatively affect handling. They are simply masks to hide a bad setup.

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That is what I have always been told.

[slinkeey]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by pmgoffjr &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">On 99% of every champ, they are a waste of time, and will negatively affect handling. They are simply masks to hide a bad setup.
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That is what I was kind of thinking. I don't have a reason for one, but my Wife's cousin kept telling me that it is a must. Then again, this is comming from the guy that *upgraded* from a Champion to a Bayliner.

[Lea]

He probably needs one on the "upgrade"

[Tx Champ]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by pmgoffjr &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">On 99% of every champ, they are a waste of time, and will negatively affect handling. They are simply masks to hide a bad setup. </td></tr></table>

+ however many we're up to ...

[rid 05 198]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Lea &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">He probably needs one on the "upgrade" </td></tr></table>

[mikemac10]

<table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by slinkeey &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
*upgraded* from a Champion to a Bayliner.</td></tr></table>

[BassinBarrister]

When I tried a hydrofoil on a boat I used to own I couldn't believe how badly it affected the performance.

[Artie]

I had a foil on my 184 for a while, because it let me plane a about 16 mph with a 23 Tempest. I pulled my kids on tubes back then, and it let me run slower and still stay on plane. I never noticed any negative effects, however my LU had several water intake holes plugged and I ran my engine higher than any other Champions I saw running around. It was also convenient to be able to poke around a piece of structure in the middle of the lake looking at it on sonar without coming off of plane.