Going to get the Tabs

[drewkaree]

If you don't mind me asking, what happened to the falangi

His wife finally got a look at the bill for all his upgrades!

 

[HangOutdoors]

Cutting aluminum on the chop saw and the plate jumped and kicked back.

 

[Sean R]

Hanging, did you get out this weekend and try your new tabs?

 

[HangOutdoors]

Unfortunately not. Waiting on a Battery Cable crimper to come in Tomorrow so I can finish all the custom wiring. Also I have a high water alarm which should be here tomorrow as well which I will put under the back hatch before sealing it up. Bummed since tomorrow it will be 80 degrees here. This weekend will be in the 60's so that is what I am shooting for. On the plus side, the stitches come out on Wednesday

 

[Sean R]

Good deal, weather is the same in GA this week. Beautiful during the week and rain on the weekend.

 

[Troy JK]

Hanging, did you get out this weekend and try your new tabs?

Just got out yesterday and tried mine. Surprised how much they help. We rode out into the gulf to ship island under Mississippi. Hade the tabs down one light (about 1-1.5 inches id guess) doing about 35mph in about 2 footers and running smooth enough for people to stay on the bow seats. I decided to raise the tabs to see the difference and almost threw one female friend out the boat...oops
They didn’t work as good at leveling the boat out side to side. Drop one to level and about the time it’s leveling, it also starts turning the boat because it’s digging on one side. But I’ll try that more next time with less people and calmer water. We had 7 adults on board.

 

[Quad]

Mine just arrived, need to get the wiring and other bits in. I'll likely start working on installation and focus on the final wiring later.

 

[2kwik4u]

Hmmm if it were my boat I might try to mount it where the NWM switch is and then relocate that somewhere else, possibly were that hump is on the binnacle housing near those rectangular knockouts are.

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Isn't there a thread around here where someone put the NWM on the binnacle as the "trim" switch from another model that had an outboard. I don't think I'm saying that quite right, but I'm gonna go off searching for it. Seems like a great idea to me.

 

[haknslash]

I think someone might have done something like that as I too vaguely remember it now that you mentioned it but I can’t remember who or the thread title.

 

[2kwik4u]

I think someone might have done something like that as I too vaguely remember it now that you mentioned it but I can’t remember who or the thread title.

Took some intensive googling.....FOUND IT!

https://jetboaters.net/threads/sx192-move-cruise-assist-to-throttle.2591/

 

[HangOutdoors]

Tabs were tested today after I put batteries back in the boat. They worked well and the controller worked smooth. Also the LED lights were visible easily. Also hooked up the Aux to the Yellow wire with red stripe off ignition switch and it works perfect. Key Off -> Tabs fully Retract automatically.

 

[Neutron]

Tabs were tested today after I put batteries back in the boat. They worked well and the controller worked smooth. Also the LED lights were visible easily. Also hooked up the Aux to the Yellow wire with red stripe off ignition switch and it works perfect. Key Off -> Tabs fully Retract automatically.

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Looks good, what controller is that?
Got mine installed 2 weekends ago. My controller is different

 

[HangOutdoors]

Mine is the SLC-11, then newest one they crafted up. I didn't want the auto one and didn't want the MLC.

 

[HangOutdoors]

@Neutron I just ordered that same RAM mount for the phone. I got the suction cup one. What do you think about it?

 

[Neutron]

@Neutron I just ordered that same RAM mount for the phone. I got the suction cup one. What do you think about it?

Works great phone never moves. I have the same mount on one of my motorcycles and phone is rock solid at 80mph with no windshield

 

[HangOutdoors]

I tested out the tabs today, when I could. They worked fantastic and I liked the SLC-11 controller.

It didn't need much trim for me to bring the bow down and cut through the chop. The Admiral was pleased. I also put the fully down to see what would happen, I stuffed the bow into a wave that almost washed over the front but showered me and the Admiral with 54 degree water. The Admiral was not pleased about that whatsoever.

Winds kicked up and waves were cresting 3ft. or so, was very rough. Had slow down a lot and traverse them. It was slow going. Couldn't take those on plane with or without the tabs. All and all a good day for testing.

I would put them on my next boat, if that day ever comes. Game changer on the big water with chop. On the smaller lakes it wouldn't really be needed.

 

[RobbieO]

I tested out the tabs today, when I could. They worked fantastic and I liked the SLC-11 controller.

It didn't need much trim for me to bring the bow down and cut through the chop. The Admiral was pleased. I also put the fully down to see what would happen, I stuffed the bow into a wave that almost washed over the front but showered me and the Admiral with 54 degree water. The Admiral was not pleased about that whatsoever.

Winds kicked up and waves were cresting 3ft. or so, was very rough. Had slow down a lot and traverse them. It was slow going. Couldn't take those on plane with or without the tabs. All and all a good day for testing.

I would put them on my next boat, if that day ever comes. Game changer on the big water with chop. On the smaller lakes it wouldn't really be needed.

Can I ask how you determined where to install them on the stern? You can’t get that wrong?

 

[Yambers]

@HangOutdoors How often is the chop like that? Seems like it would be often and seems like a crap ton of cash to make a 21 footer work. Time to convince the admiral for a 25 footer.. or even better a 27 footer. You got a good deal on a pool and the kids can get loans for school. Lol

 

[HangOutdoors]

Usually it very decent. Gusts were crazy today. 25' footer has it issues as well. We do a lot of smaller lakes 500-800 acre and some rivers. We only spend 1/3rd of our time or 1/4 of our time on the great lakes.

A lot bigger boats than ours were getting rocked today, just one of those days. Plus water level looks pretty down. The tabs where to mitigate the 1-3 chop, which it did well, while we were back in the bays. Middle of the lake in open water and the winds changing nothing was going to make that much easier.

 

[HangOutdoors]

Can I ask how you determined where to install them on the stern? You can’t get that wrong?

I installed my a bit farther out than I really could have. I didn't have the Transducer in hand and wasn't sure where I was going to mount it, so I didn't rule out a pure transom mount and wanted to make sure I had clearance.

Also if you mount them to low (IN) it could conflict with Fins, etc.

I probably would of moved mine two inches toward the pumps, if I had to do it again.

Although they do say the wider out they are the better they work.