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JasoninJersey
 Post subject: Hydrofoils
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:07 pm 
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What's the consensus on hydrofoils? I have a Horizon 180 w/ 3.0.

I keep hearing to stay away because they put so much pressure on the outdrive.
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Txjole2
 Post subject: Re: Hydrofoils
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:28 pm 
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stay away they put too much pressure on your outdrive.

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BrentC5Z
 Post subject: Re: Hydrofoils
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 4:36 pm 
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And they work just as good as this bluetooth!
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chrisvs
 Post subject: Re: Hydrofoils
PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:24 pm 
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LOL, I haven't seen the bluetooth picture in a while!

I like foils on my 14' aluminium utility boat with the 8 hp on it. It actually makes a difference on how quickly the boat planes and the speed at which it stays on plane. On your H180, I don't think you will find much difference.

What kind of problem are you trying to solve? We might have some other suggestions for you....

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ardy
 Post subject: Re: Hydrofoils
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 4:35 am 
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Dont bother, if you find it digs in a bit on take off then move someone to the front from the rear seats. Otherwise I think they perform just fine. I find once up and planing you need to trim out quite a bit anyway so a hydrofoil will only make this worse once on the plane
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captkevin
 Post subject: Re: Hydrofoils
PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:22 am 
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Pair of smart tabs might be a good alternate. Lots of people have been very happy with them to give improved planing time.
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