Planning Trim Tabs on allinflatables.com

[PacificNWrib]

Has anyone had any experience with them? Do they work better than Deol-fin? I am thinking of purchasing a set for my RIB.

http://www.allinflatables.com/shoppi...ers/index.html

Any thoughts?

Thanks

John

[Nos4r2]

Try smart tabs first-they don't look like you've got a diver trapped under your boat

[eupa]

Yep---- Go for the smart tabs .

www.nauticusinc.com
Ask for john. - and he will guide you thru. There are lots of stuff that is not on the site. He fixed me up with the right pair for about 250$ fob tampa.
The effect is amazing- and they are automatic. However, do some reserach on this board as there was a lot of discussion last year on this subject. I think also they are only necesssary if the boat is a certain length- putting on anything < 5 m does not have all that effect.

jonathan

[samt]

Go for the Trim Tabs (Lifters) They're easier to install, and maximarine provides an excellent service. Maximarine has an eBay shop. Search for them on ebay.COM (their slightly cheaper), with postage mine cost about £85.00 and it took four days to arrive from america!

I've used them on a 3m Lodestar SIB, and can plane with as little as 3hp. Performance is superb with the 9.9hp! Fuel consumption is the best advantage. Reduced by about 30%.

They don't look too bad...

[westsail1]

I've just fitted a pair of Smart Tabs to my Avon 4.7 SeaRider and I'm amazed (that doesn't happen often) at the difference. With a 50Hp 2 stroke it struggled with the flooding hull, 3 big blokes, fuel and camera gear to get on the plane at all! with the Smart Tabs it gets up and planes around 12 knots. Acceleration is progressive and even when running up onto the "hump" it is much flatter than before. With only 1 up and fuel it fairly flies along. With the whole family on board it runs at about 22 knots in small choppy waves. Turning is also better controlled. I'd recommend them now.

[ollyit]

me too, i fitted them to mine with 40lb actuators (u can get different ratings for all lengths of boat) feels a lot more safe and sure footed -