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I'm thinking about Smart Tabs.....opinions?
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<blockquote data-quote="bassboy1" data-source="post: 100751" data-attributes="member: 55"><p>I do highly recommend Smart Tabs in the correct application. However, I am not sure you have too much left to gain out of your rig. You are likely getting porpoising because you are trying to hang with the bass boat guys, and over trim. On hulls with a "pad" like QuackrStackr's Triton, or the higher end Xpress's, or most of the glass bass boats, the boat is designed to run a little nose high on a small piece of the hull less than 2 feet long, and less than a 1 foot wide in some cases. Trimming it up pretty good on those hulls is what gives them speed, and gets them completely on pad. On your hull, which doesn't have a pad, you really shouldn't be trimming it that much. </p><p></p><p>Smart Tabs are ideally to do the same sort of thing as hydraulic trim tabs, get the stern up, and the bow down a little bit, on aft heavy boats that won't plane level normally. While they might clear up some porpoising, that isn't their primary function, and I am not convinced they will gain you much in your application.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bassboy1, post: 100751, member: 55"] I do highly recommend Smart Tabs in the correct application. However, I am not sure you have too much left to gain out of your rig. You are likely getting porpoising because you are trying to hang with the bass boat guys, and over trim. On hulls with a "pad" like QuackrStackr's Triton, or the higher end Xpress's, or most of the glass bass boats, the boat is designed to run a little nose high on a small piece of the hull less than 2 feet long, and less than a 1 foot wide in some cases. Trimming it up pretty good on those hulls is what gives them speed, and gets them completely on pad. On your hull, which doesn't have a pad, you really shouldn't be trimming it that much. Smart Tabs are ideally to do the same sort of thing as hydraulic trim tabs, get the stern up, and the bow down a little bit, on aft heavy boats that won't plane level normally. While they might clear up some porpoising, that isn't their primary function, and I am not convinced they will gain you much in your application. [/QUOTE]
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