Prop Question

[bigshrimpin]

Spares - I couldn't agree more. I love the mirage and mirage plus props.

My experience has been that the older mirage props will turn about 200 RPM's faster than the mirage plus. I recently bought a 17p Enertia (14.75") and it's faster than both the 17p mirage and 17 mirage plus. I suspect that the 15.5" diameter of the mirage plus / mirage might be the difference in speed. The mirage on my boat clearly has a better low speed performance vs enertia. It'll hold 10/11/12/13 mph without any trouble, but Enertia is 2mph faster WOT.

[RidgeRunner]

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.

[THEFERMANATOR]

The other prop I loaned you was pretty close to a TEMPEST, just made by a different company.