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Beachbummer66
MMT Eternal Member - Rest In Peace
Joined: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:36 pm
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 how does weight How does weight affect a mud motor?
I have a 17x54 with a 25 pd on it. B4 I lost weight i could run 24 mph with it empty and just me in it. I have lost 60lbs and my boy has lost 25 lbs, so how does weight translate into mph?
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| Wed Sep 15, 2010 10:02 am |
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OwenDickeson
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Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm
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Re: how does weight You will gain .68734 mph, and no you can't have my secret formula for figuring that out.
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caddobrook
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Joined: Mon Feb 01, 2010 11:01 am
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North LA Hunter
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Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 pm
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Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: how does weight sure is a secret formula!!
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DeathMetalDukk
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Joined: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:50 pm
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Location: Knotts Island, North Carolina.
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Re: how does weight Ya'll could take turns jumping out while the other one reads the gps, then add it up to see what happened 
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Beachbummer66
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Re: how does weight maybe I should have made it a little clearer. I dont care how fast my rig is going right now the 25 hp aint gonna go but so fast. What I would like to know is !!!!!! how weight reduces speed or increases speed with the addition of or removal of it. I might be buying another rig and was just wondering about the weight issues
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Shadow
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Joined: Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:11 pm
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Location: Shreveport, LA
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Re: how does weight I think you know the answer.
More weight will make you go faster
Less weight you will go sooo much slower
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OwenDickeson
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Shadow
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Location: Shreveport, LA
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My motor doesn't have docking assistance, it has REVERSE!
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Burch
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Re: how does weight Yall dont have to take turns jumping out just take turns jumping up
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JD
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Joined: Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:54 am
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Re: how does weight Lighter is better if it will hold up.. 20+ years ago I built and desgined a hull for 25 hp long tails made out of kevlar. It was 17'x50" with slight v up front than transitioned to 2 " high pad. Kind of like the extreme but prettier. We used corecell foam instead of wood . It weighed 300 to 350 lbs.
It out ran 98% of the other boats out there, the rigs that were light enough to beat it did not hold up. With long tails you had a top end in the low 20's due to design ( no gear reduction so the prop , had to be keep small to carry a load.)
It may have been only 2 or 3 mph faster top end, but where it realy made a differance was in the shit, mud or vegs! It would keep going when other boats would have to chew their way out.
A 3 cyl outboad on the same hull was scary with just one guy. There were no gps back then ,but I am guessing 35 to 40 with the outboard.
JD
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