I saw the video on CSC Big Shrimpin, nice work and way to step out there and take a chance on that prop. I want to try one on the flats boat. It has the new 115 4S Merc with the giant lower unit like the v-6 motors. I took the Thunderbolt (Mirage Copy) off the Wellcraft and got nearly 10 mpg at 12 mph on plane at 2500 RPM. High five holds better with the motor jacked up but mileage is not as good at only 7.7 mpg at the same speed. Mirage was the most efficient of the five props I tested. Again and again the Mirage seems to win of the props I tested anyways (Tempest, Quicksilver, Thunderbolt (Mirage Copy), High Five, and another prop that Ferman loaned me.
Not as great of a selection in aluminum props. No fancy derivatives like the Tempest, Enertia, Chopper, Cleaver in aluminum. Not that any of those would work in all applications, just stating the obvious.
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1996 -19' NV Flats 115 Mercury 4-stroke
1983 -20' Wellcraft Center Console 250 XS
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