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  1. #201
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    This is one of the better pictures that I've seen for the flow. I've also seen one in person. Here's what I'm curious about:



    Is it only thru bolted to the hull in the 3 spots? Or is there hardware that I'm not seeing that attaches the base to the hull beyond that is visible from the face?

    If it's only thru bolted in the 3 spots (not on the spring loaded pin), then does that mean that the blade is really being held on by pretty much the one bolt that it pivots on and the tension provided by the two bolts that sandwich the backing and the face plate around the blade?

    I'd love to see an installation instruction for this once someone gets their hands on it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by trayson View Post
    This is one of the better pictures that I've seen for the flow. I've also seen one in person. Here's what I'm curious about:

    Is it only thru bolted to the hull in the 3 spots? Or is there hardware that I'm not seeing that attaches the base to the hull beyond that is visible from the face?

    If it's only thru bolted in the 3 spots (not on the spring loaded pin), then does that mean that the blade is really being held on by pretty much the one bolt that it pivots on and the tension provided by the two bolts that sandwich the backing and the face plate around the blade?

    I'd love to see an installation instruction for this once someone gets their hands on it...
    There is a mounting block that is screwed to the hull that you are not seeing in the above image.

    The outer plate you see is screwed to the mounting block pinching the plate that moves.

    Go back a page to post #198 for a better image of the assembly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcdye View Post
    There is a mounting block that is screwed to the hull that you are not seeing in the above image.

    The outer plate you see is screwed to the mounting block pinching the plate that moves.

    Go back a page to post #198 for a better image of the assembly.
    Right, that's a great picture of the base. Like I said, I've seen the thick rear mounting block in person. I wasn't sure if that had hardware that was mounting it to the hull independently of the 3 pieces that mount the face to the block. Basically it seems like the "blade" is mounted with the one pivot point bolt and then is kept in with the sandwich effect of the face piece.

    I guess I was curious if I was missing something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by trayson View Post
    Right, that's a great picture of the base. Like I said, I've seen the thick rear mounting block in person. I wasn't sure if that had hardware that was mounting it to the hull independently of the 3 pieces that mount the face to the block. Basically it seems like the "blade" is mounted with the one pivot point bolt and then is kept in with the sandwich effect of the face piece.

    I guess I was curious if I was missing something.
    The mounting block is held on by 4 bolts. The top 2 are thru bolted with nuts and washers. The bottom 2 are lag bolts since they are below the locker floor.
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  5. #205
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    Joe is right but there are 4 lag bolts on the bottom not just two
    The blade is held in place by the big bottom pivot pin and the spring loaded pin. It is sandwiched between the mounting plate and the outer plate. There is a spacer plate on the interior side of the assembly to maintain the spacing created by the blade on the outer side which is held in place by the two bolts on the interior side.
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    I asked Saturday about it for lsv...... Said he had not heard a date yet... But expected it by mid to end of summer..... I have know idea of any credibility that he had...

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    I am still blown away by what they are charging for this. I don't know..uhm..$100? worth of material and manufacturing on this thing....by the looks of it they didn't do any costly development..like I said before it just looks cheap but I think powder coating the outer plate the same color as the boat would help.

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    Default Moomba Flow The new Wake Enhancement Device

    I would agree about the cost the only challenging part about the machining is the mounting plate to boat contour match up but I am sure they obviously have the CAD model for the hull mold, so just cut a section from the model and make that your mating contour on your bracket and your all set with no real additional design work necessary with regards to that part.
    What will be interesting is to see if folks start making there own blade designs to tweak the wake since the concept is simple to swap them out. The only concern I have about this would be exceeding the pull out force on the mounting plate.
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  9. #209
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    Yup, the price tag is hard to swallow... certainly understand. Markup for parts, crazy install cost. I really wanted to put this on my boat but I'm not thinking it will happen this year. I'll spend my $1750 somewhere else.
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    It would not be hard to duplicate or make something similar. You won't find anything similar as I am sure SC has a patent on the design.
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