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hawk 3.5 question - 7/22/2008 12:03:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		i got a hawk in trade and it was taken all apart.
do the front sponsons go equal distance apart from the tub or offset.
also how do i know where to put the rear sponsons.

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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/23/2008 9:28:37 PM   
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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/24/2008 12:04:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		OK this is the set up I was told by Gary Preusse, who designed the Hawk. And it works for me.
Sponson with the turn fin on it 4 1/2" from the tub with a 1/4" toe-in at the front. Other sponson 5" from the tub.
This site may also help http://home.earthlink.net/~jpreusse/hawk/

When you get the boat setup right you will love it !!
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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/24/2008 7:38:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Ralph,

How is that hawk running?????

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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/24/2008 11:36:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Mike
She's running GREAT, I messed up the other day and was running the ABC H-5 prop and hit a fountain mooring rope and put a MINOR bend in one of the prop blades. Also messed up the rudder a little but got it all fixed, no damage to the boat. I was surprised the brass shear bolt didn't break in the rudder, but it did bend a little, guess the mooring rope took most of the shock.
Still the fastest boat at my lake.
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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/29/2008 4:34:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok guys how do i get my boat to go on the water.
i have everything set like that page but it dyes when put in the water.
i give it a solid toss out and flat with the water. the motor revs good and the prop cavatates bad and dyes.

what am i doing wrong.

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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/29/2008 1:55:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Did you try going RICH sounds like it is lean.
Maybe some of the other guys can also give you some tips also.
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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/30/2008 1:34:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		fatten the motor up, (provided its not over propped) a rich boat will always come back to shore, where as a lean boat will die.

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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/30/2008 4:30:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		ok i will try richin it up. the boat was ran before i got it as it sets so i know it ran.


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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 7/30/2008 2:35:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Also check the pressure hose from the pipe, make sure it has no holes or cracks, one time mine was cracked and it did the same thing yours is going. No pressure and it will lean out soon as it hits the water.

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RE: hawk 3.5 question - 8/4/2008 11:15:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		nope it was not lean. the strut was too deep. i am running a 1450 prop i think and it needed go shalower. got it running and it gets really good.
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