My jet boat is faster than yours

[Jay Petzold]

I spy a problem

 

[Bruce]

I assume Connext was on while trailering.

 

[Jay Petzold]

nope boat sits in a dock

 

[Bruce]

Perhaps on the delivery truck?

 

[njmr2fan]

Why would 1 engine burn more fuel than the other? Could that really happen? Are they not tuned exactly the same?

 

[Jay Petzold]

I assume Connext was on while trailering.

any other reasons I hit 80, lol I

t's a nice bragging piece lol my only guess is that the computer doubled the top speed for 1 engine

 

[Bill D]

I suppose it could happen. Maybe he likes making left hand turns so he cranks the starboard throttle? We know he likes going fast. Like Ricky Bobby.

 

[Jay Petzold]

Perhaps on the delivery truck?

until tonight top speed was 51 mph

 

[Speedling]

No matter why or what the reason... I'm jealous.

 

[Jay Petzold]

I suppose it could happen. Maybe he likes making left hand turns so he cranks the starboard throttle? We know he likes going fast. Like Ricky Bobby.

If your not first your last

 

[robert843]

I agree with @Bruce it got to the dealership and the lake some how so someone let a engine in the on position while traveling would be the only thing I could figure. I would say the 2.2 gph average if that is all time burn is a dead give away on this though that it was left on during transport at some point.

 

[Julian]

You drove off a water fall and didn't notice?

 

[Jay Petzold]

I thought that last wave was a little big!

 

[Freezer41]

your insurance is gonna go up now!

 

[arew~SX230]

Headed down stream in a flash flood?

 

[Englewoodcowboy]

With the Connext systems using GPS, you have to remember that the government controls the satellites and use a drift method in them, this is in case a bad guy tries to use our system to send us a bombe etc. This drift typically fluctuates on average 3 to 5 feet per second, our GPS systems use WAAS as a correction which is another signal sent out to provide that for us recreational users etc. Now the system does get random tests etc and can jump up to 900 yards difference in a split second, if the WAAS signal dropped for a few seconds, I could see your speedo getting a crazy number for speed because your boat is not where it thinks it is, then it is... hope this makes a little sense of the issue. This used to be a bad downfall of GPS 15 years ago but it has become much more stable today, 20 years ago when I was part of an R&D team we were developing a tracking system and would get speed errors of up to several hundred mph difference, when 911 happened and the fed pulled the WAAS signal all together for a week, we saw inaccuracies of over a mile as far as present location.

 

[Jay Petzold]

Very interesting read!

 

[Rodney Findley]

With the Connext systems using GPS, you have to remember that the government controls the satellites and use a drift method in them, this is in case a bad guy tries to use our system to send us a bombe etc. This drift typically fluctuates on average 3 to 5 feet per second, our GPS systems use WAAS as a correction which is another signal sent out to provide that for us recreational users etc. Now the system does get random tests etc and can jump up to 900 yards difference in a split second, if the WAAS signal dropped for a few seconds, I could see your speedo getting a crazy number for speed because your boat is not where it thinks it is, then it is... hope this makes a little sense of the issue. This used to be a bad downfall of GPS 15 years ago but it has become much more stable today, 20 years ago when I was part of an R&D team we were developing a tracking system and would get speed errors of up to several hundred mph difference, when 911 happened and the fed pulled the WAAS signal all together for a week, we saw inaccuracies of over a mile as far as present location.

mine has also done the same -very good info!

 

[Jay Petzold]

With the Connext systems using GPS, you have to remember that the government controls the satellites and use a drift method in them, this is in case a bad guy tries to use our system to send us a bombe etc. This drift typically fluctuates on average 3 to 5 feet per second, our GPS systems use WAAS as a correction which is another signal sent out to provide that for us recreational users etc. Now the system does get random tests etc and can jump up to 900 yards difference in a split second, if the WAAS signal dropped for a few seconds, I could see your speedo getting a crazy number for speed because your boat is not where it thinks it is, then it is... hope this makes a little sense of the issue. This used to be a bad downfall of GPS 15 years ago but it has become much more stable today, 20 years ago when I was part of an R&D team we were developing a tracking system and would get speed errors of up to several hundred mph difference, when 911 happened and the fed pulled the WAAS signal all together for a week, we saw inaccuracies of over a mile as far as present location.

There is a satellite farm at the top of the river where we hang out, I believe it's for aviation use, guessing this might of been the culprit?

 

[0627Devildog]

Got me beat. . . . I hit 49mph at 7400RPM w-3/4 tank at 1070 elevation.