rin 18 225

freedom · 04-02-2008, 08:14 PM

took it out for its first spin today and apart from nearly sinkin the thing and me gettin very wet coz burty picked up a rope

all went ok, ish
onli prob was that when burty was in on his own, dont rtust me self yet as it was a bit rough, it was listing a fair bit drivers side
any ideas??
cheers

gazza · 04-02-2008, 08:52 PM

Ask others, but offsetting the engine is one option.
How bad is it mate?
What speed was it doing it at? or was it doing it all the time?
What height is the engine running at?
gaZ

Pash 1 · 04-02-2008, 08:57 PM

Is Burty, Shall we say, not a featherweight

gazza · 04-02-2008, 09:17 PM

Pash i think thats me your on about, Burty isnt Ballast material, if anything he lightweight, about 7ft tall but lightweight.

gaZ

Pash 1 · 04-02-2008, 09:21 PM

Well that was the prob with my ring 21 - when i went out alone shall we say it "Listed"

Wacky Racer · 04-02-2008, 09:25 PM

Was it defo listing to the drivers side ? if so offsetting to the right would make it worse, or are you swinging a left handed box ? Try trimming out a bit

freedom · 04-02-2008, 10:47 PM

yea, was trimmed right in a was a bit rough
and was swingin a 22' chopper,
it needs a bigger prop
and im pretty sure its right handed, but ill check wit TD or MR rob on that 1
but as soon as i got in the boat, it leveled out..... a bit, still leant drivers side every time we caught some air tho

motorvator · 05-02-2008, 06:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pash 1

Well that was the prob with my ring 21 - when i went out alone shall we say it "Listed"

Should have moved the drinks cabinet to the other side.

The Docta · 05-02-2008, 08:27 AM

My R18 used to list to the drivers side when trimmed all the way in - trim it out a little and it will prob run level. Certainly worth trying anyway before changing setup anyway.

She should fly with a 225 huh?

Burty · 05-02-2008, 08:45 AM

Chris, To be fair it was prob trimmed in too much but difficult to really tell in the 2 minutes we were driving it and lack of trim indicator so didn't know where neutral trim position was. However like you said it was landing on drivers side but your engine is offset by abot 2" plus your battery and trim pump etc is also all mounted on drivers side too.

Yes its a right hander
engine is about 2" below
really need to go out when its a little calmer and for a little longer before adjusting your setup, maybe a trim indicator too.

Ring Owner · 05-02-2008, 06:18 PM

Freedom

Have the same problem with my Ring 18 when I am out on my own - doesnt help being 6'6" and not exactly what you call light weight

Engine is offset to starboard side (already positioned when I bought the boat) - there is a thread on here when I asked about the pros and cons of having it offset and think there was as many for as against the idea.
Fitted trim tabs in the end and they have certainly fixed the problem, for me at least.

freedom · 10-02-2008, 01:01 PM

took it out for another spin today
weather much kinder
burty did just under 73 GPS, (72.9) lol and thers still more
runnin his 24" ET an seems to work a charm, revs to around 6600/6700 rpm lovely and more to comewith trim
seems i dont need tabs or a rank either as it is very stable
learnt the mard way tho not to take your foot off too quick with a prop like that though

i will endevour to et some piccys
and hopefully a top speed
cheers chris

MrRob · 11-02-2008, 07:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by freedom

took it out for another spin today
weather much kinder
burty did just under 73 GPS, (72.9) lol and thers still more
runnin his 24" ET an seems to work a charm, revs to around 6600/6700 rpm lovely and more to comewith trim
seems i dont need tabs or a rank either as it is very stable
learnt the mard way tho not to take your foot off too quick with a prop like that though

i will endevour to et some piccys
and hopefully a top speed
cheers chris

73mph! Thats sweet. Glad its running good :-) (not that I was worried of course!)
I wouldn't rev it past 6600/6700 too much! Those engines were only rated to 6300 as standard.

freedom · 11-02-2008, 09:26 AM

does run pretty well,
an i dont think ill be revving her more than that, dont get many days like we had yesterday

but TD revs his to 7k so im told

was quite funny avctually as when i told rob the gps reading, he didnt belive me, an in all fairness i didnt either, i was like, rob, is this reading in km's lol
thers a few more mph to be had
but all i wanted was a 70mph boat
and ive got one now
just gota learn how to drive now