ORIGINAL: srw1960
Heres a few things that I have learned...you HAVE to have a ride pad under the tub at the very back it provides most of the lift....the stuffing tube should exit out of the ride pad....there has to be sponsons on the sides of the back of the tub otherwise itll trip itself in the turns the wall going through the water thing again...the leading and trailing edges of all the sponsons should be very sharp and the bottom of the sponsons should be flat period..ok go look at the threads and imsure we will talk some more
I will disagree here. A rear ride pad has some benefits but is not essential.
Neither of my riggers have them. They launch out of the hole perfectly and run very well. For race water a rear ride pad can prevent the tail droping in too deep and causing amp spikes. For sport of in my case solo saw runs they are not needed at all.
My small rigger is 24" overall and my big one is 31"
Both have cleared 55mph.
In all fairness the small one did not appreciate that speed, here is what happened