HydroJet Pro EXPLAINED

[Bennie]

Wow this thread is getting a lot of action!

I see @Murf'n'surf point, and perhaps others' too. I just don't see the Hydrojets as an innovation. I also don't see a lot of good, honest, convincing data or answers to questions about this product or testing. I do see a lot of smoke and mirrors.

But hey - here is an idea:

Buy the fins. Test them. Share your test results.

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Coming from the guy from the "Show Me" state!! lol

 

[GiddYupJoe]

Wow this thread is getting a lot of action!

I see @Murf'n'surf point, and perhaps others' too. I just don't see the Hydrojets as an innovation. I also don't see a lot of good, honest, convincing data or answers to questions about this product or testing. I do see a lot of smoke and mirrors.

But hey - here is an idea:

Buy the fins. Test them. Share your test results.

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The funny thing is... IF someone on here with the previous alternative ones bought these, AND said they make the boat perform like no other, how many people would give it a shot (maybe not those of us that can maneuver our boats like champ anyway, but the other guys). I like your style @swatski, interesting thread to see all the opinions. I don't need them but still interesting.

 

[OCMD]

Did I just waste 15 minutes that I can never recover reading this thread......arggggggg! I did. Glad I am one of those who can make my Yamaha dance in any condition and have no use for any of these products. But it was a mildly entertaining read.

Let the marketer's continue to market. More competition should drive prices down.....and when one market's the lowest price? You get a Ford product and Ford "quality........" as depicted in the video above.

Uh oh, here we go......

 

[Bennie]

Uggggg... Now I'm going to need more popcorn!!

I'm a Ford guy, but then only thing the in the back of my truck is a dead deer/turkey/hog/coyote or a YETI.
I couldn't care less about throwing in a full tool box. What idot treats their truck like that anyway?!?

 

[swatski]

The funny thing is... IF someone on here with the previous alternative ones bought these, AND said they make the boat perform like no other...

It would be an ENTIRELY different discussion, as far as I am concerned. But it is NOT the case.

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[Speedling]

If you think that toolbox is rough you need to spend a week at a masonry shop.
I had a dodge once. Just sayin.

 

[Julian]

I love competition....I'm still struggling with how a rudder works in the up position. To me it would be like sailing a sunfish with the rudder up...."No rudder no turnie"....but I'd love to be proven wrong and learn that I don't understand the physics in this!

 

[scokill]

I love competition....I'm still struggling with how a rudder works in the up position. To me it would be like sailing a sunfish with the rudder up...."No rudder no turnie"....but I'd love to be proven wrong and learn that I don't understand the physics in this!

If I'm following, the rudder/fins work by focusing the streams of water in the up position, not providing a rudder effect. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the concept or design.

 

[Julian]

If I'm following, the rudder/fins work by focusing the streams of water in the up position, not providing a rudder effect. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the concept or design.

That is the way I understand it also....but I'm having a hard time with the physics on that.....if I put two small fins on the sides of the end of a hose and turn it on full blast, I don't think the hose will whip around any more or less due to those fins because it whips around due to the thrust from the water pressure, not because of the fins.....but lets see the videos.....I'm not a physics expert by any means....!

 

[Scottintexas]

Uggggg... Now I'm going to need more popcorn!!

I'm a Ford guy, but then only thing the in the back of my truck is a dead deer/turkey/hog/coyote or a YETI.
I couldn't care less about throwing in a full tool box. What idot treats their truck like that anyway?!?

I know I'm an idiot but it is a Ford and it's just what you have to do to have a successful boy scout campout, how about a bed full of rocks? not sure how much that weighed but my bed sat a little lopsided for a few weeks after that load

 

[Murf'n'surf]

It's official.......

 

[subysti]

So how about those Red Sox and Patriots!!!

 

[Scottintexas]

I think to understand the physics of it you first have to determine What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

 

[subysti]

@Scottintexas African or European swallow?

 

[Zeus2013]

@subysti what? I don't know! Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!

 

[Gym]

So how about those Red Sox and Patriots!!!

You just deflated the whole thread.

 

[blacksapphirez]

I'm willing to try it out

 

[0627Devildog]

I know I'm an idiot but it is a Ford and it's just what you have to do to have a successful boy scout campout, how about a bed full of rocks? not sure how much that weighed but my bed sat a little lopsided for a few weeks after that load

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That sure as hell isn't an aluminum bed on that bad boy!

 

[M@__]

If I buy a $50,000 pickup and proceed to drop a bunch of crap in the bed you can bet that I'll have a $200 bed liner first... Just saying. Ohh yeah, I owned a K30 with a flatbed, so I'm biased toward functionality.

 

[Ronnie]

I saw these fins on a sea plane at the smithsonian and am wondering if They inspired any of the designs of t0day and am hoping they will inspire future designs from the current manufacturers because It looks like they are manually adjustable from the cockpit via cables.