Just shared with my dad and we have another question now that you have answered the drag question. We do a lot of fishing in the bay flats where it gets VERY skinny, and sometimes use trim tabs to help hole shot when its very shallow. How would your product hold up if it where to get smacked by a log or oyster etc when the boat is planing?
It's a very uncommon scenario given that the blades are only 1.5" down at full extension, and once on plane they wouldn't need to even be fully extended, so most debris would bounce off the hull and miss it, or just graze it. In the extremely unlikely event it were to take a direct hit from something solid enough to damage the blade, the front plate of the interceptor, which houses the blade, is the designed point of failure and is replaceable, so the whole unit would not need to be replaced.
Great video. Question, wouldn't this product create an enormous amount of drag when the tab is down? Seems like a normal trim tab shape/design creates MUCH less drag. I feel like this is a stupid question but would love to hear y'alls response. Thanks!
Believe it or not, it actually creates less drag given how small the blade is compared to the large surface area of the tab, and because the lift generated directly on the transom outweighs the drag created by the blades. It's illustrated here by the engineers at Zipwake in this video: th-cam.com/video/czxjXSt1bEk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lAy2WZxfaX34puek
@@imtramarineproducts Wow! Ok, that's some cool shit right there. Makes sense when you explain it, I'll check out the video now. Thanks for the reply!!
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Just shared with my dad and we have another question now that you have answered the drag question. We do a lot of fishing in the bay flats where it gets VERY skinny, and sometimes use trim tabs to help hole shot when its very shallow. How would your product hold up if it where to get smacked by a log or oyster etc when the boat is planing?
It's a very uncommon scenario given that the blades are only 1.5" down at full extension, and once on plane they wouldn't need to even be fully extended, so most debris would bounce off the hull and miss it, or just graze it. In the extremely unlikely event it were to take a direct hit from something solid enough to damage the blade, the front plate of the interceptor, which houses the blade, is the designed point of failure and is replaceable, so the whole unit would not need to be replaced.
Great video. Question, wouldn't this product create an enormous amount of drag when the tab is down? Seems like a normal trim tab shape/design creates MUCH less drag. I feel like this is a stupid question but would love to hear y'alls response. Thanks!
Believe it or not, it actually creates less drag given how small the blade is compared to the large surface area of the tab, and because the lift generated directly on the transom outweighs the drag created by the blades. It's illustrated here by the engineers at Zipwake in this video: th-cam.com/video/czxjXSt1bEk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=lAy2WZxfaX34puek
@@imtramarineproducts Wow! Ok, that's some cool shit right there. Makes sense when you explain it, I'll check out the video now. Thanks for the reply!!