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Smart Tabs
I seriously thinking about getting Smart Tabs for my V-20 CC, I don't need load leveling but I want the low speed plaining ability. Comments, I'm going to get them in the next several days. Anybody running them?
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05-22-2010, 10:26 AM
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I don't use trim tabs...mainly because of their expense... We all know that really they are the best way to go.
That being said, I use a Doel-fin on my engine for much the same reasons you just described. (Yes, it does cut down on my overall speed by a few mph, but with the 200hp engine it really doesn't matter to me if I'm doing 55 or just 50 mph)... and it does give you much better handling in turns at speed, etc. Just my two cents..  
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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05-23-2010, 08:37 AM
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Only problem with the smart tabs that I can see is that when you are backing down on something, the smart tabs will want to dig you boat downward, being that smart tabs are always deployed in the down position. I have no personal experience with them though.
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05-23-2010, 10:57 AM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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05-24-2010, 12:41 AM
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I have not used the smart tabs--but looked at them as well---But went with the Lenco Tabs--and are they nice--I do use them to level out the boat from side to side as the load is not always equal for side to side and I can control how much bow down I am using--with the motor--I can really stick it in!!
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