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New speed record!
- Thread starter Canesfan1
- Start date
Dixie Highway
Jetboaters Commander
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- 1,413
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- 1,480
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- 192
- Location
- Daphne, AL
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- Boatless
- Year
- NA
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- Other
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- NA
Wouldn’t need the trim tabs if I could hit 163...just skip over any waves or chop.
Scarab 215
Jet Boat Junkie
- Messages
- 88
- Reaction score
- 64
- Points
- 127
- Location
- DFW , TX
- Boat Make
- Scarab
- Year
- 2019
- Boat Model
- Other
- Boat Length
- NA
Any idea why this glitch accord or how this happened?
Canesfan1
Jet Boat Addict
- Messages
- 43
- Reaction score
- 32
- Points
- 107
- Boat Make
- Scarab
- Year
- 2019
- Boat Model
- 255 Open ID
- Boat Length
- 25
Not really lasted less than five minutes. Simrad GPS alway has accurate speed, which was about 5mph.
We were just floating with motor running for about 15-20 minutes, went to leave and noticed glitch.
We were just floating with motor running for about 15-20 minutes, went to leave and noticed glitch.
Neutron
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 3,972
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- 6,461
- Points
- 417
- Location
- New Bern, NC
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2016
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 24
Great fuel mileage at 163!
Dixie Highway
Jetboaters Commander
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- Daphne, AL
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- Boatless
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- NA
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- Other
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- NA
The Scarab use GPS for speed signal? If so, a glitch sometimes causes it to think it moved 400 feet instantaneously and calculate an incorrect speed. If it’s a paddle wheel, jet wash could have caused it to spin too fast. Also, the paddlewheel simply counts pulses in a given time, which correlates to speed. If it miscalculated time the equation to figure speed would be off.
Scarab 215
Jet Boat Junkie
- Messages
- 88
- Reaction score
- 64
- Points
- 127
- Location
- DFW , TX
- Boat Make
- Scarab
- Year
- 2019
- Boat Model
- Other
- Boat Length
- NA
I'm uncertain of the OP exact setup. All scarabs I have owned, have all used GPS. I have never encountered a similar issue and I'm Interested in understanding what caused the Op's glitch? I do know these electrical systems are extremely voltage Sensitive.
Noko
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
- 834
- Reaction score
- 529
- Points
- 247
- Location
- Lake Nokomis Wis
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2013
- Boat Model
- AR
- Boat Length
- 24
The ribbon removal does work.
Gym
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 3,258
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- 2,661
- Points
- 352
- Location
- Falmouth, MA (Cape Cod)
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2006
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 23
You must have been going down hill.
Speedling
Jetboaters Admiral
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- 5,235
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- 432
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- Cedar Lake, IN
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2008
- Boat Model
- SS
- Boat Length
- 21
Can't we all just agree that for a couple of nearly free mods, we can all have these speeds?
His pump must be bery efficient!
His pump must be bery efficient!
