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Does anyone know if fountain had props rotate outward on 35 in oo, a boat owner has props rotating out and says they have always been that way, I always thought they all rotaded inward
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Re: prop rotation
Fountain began to spin the props inward once they went to the step bottom hull design in 95. if the 2000 is spinning outward i would think that whoever had it before switched them to make it easier to dock and wasn't worried about losing the couple miles an hour topend.
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Re: prop rotation
Thanks for reply, thats what I thinking also, but was curios with 00 being first year of twin step if fountain was experimenting
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Re: prop rotation
spinning out will make it a lot easier to dock but you will lose top end speed. different feeling running at cruise speed, i guess a more solid feel might be the best way to describe it. i think because the props spinning out offer a wider drive force with a little less lift then when spinning in the drive wash is going against each other offering more lift to the hull.
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My docking, in reverse particularly, improved 100x with them spinning out. I noticed no change in top end, and boat felt much more in control also. When spinning in, it felt very light and on the edge at times.
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Re: prop rotation
spoke to fountain today, they said 35 2000 and newer all spin out, I don't think this is true because the magory I have seen spin in. I only thought becase Ist year of twin step they may have tried spinning them out.
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