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01/10/18 03:43 PM
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joho5
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anyone ran one of these? I have one coming for my Johnson 90hp. I originally had an aluminum 19p and wanted to go stainless so grabbed a powertech 4 blade and lost 3mph on top end and holeshot was great on both. I wanted to get my top end back so went back with a 3blade SS, but 17p. Its a ballistic prop and was curious on reviews or opinions on these props.
The only difference is all my other props were 13.25 diameter and this one is 13.5.
thanks
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Re: Ballistic props
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01/10/18 04:28 PM
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gary purdy
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Re: Ballistic props
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01/10/18 05:31 PM
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joho5
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rpm with 19p aluminum was hitting about 5400 @45.2mph
rpm with 17p 4 blade stainless was about 5200 @42.5-43mph
hole shot on both was almost instant...this boat is only 16.2ft long.
so now I have a ballistic 13.5x17p stainless. So .25 larger on diameter and 17p
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Re: Ballistic props
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01/10/18 05:54 PM
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TLW
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quite awhile back, ricky (rip bud) of b&b, talked me into tryin' one.. tweaked on it for me.. took 'bout 3 times and it turned out to be a very, very good prop for my hot rods.. so it shows they do have tha potential.. talk ta josh.. he may know some of tha "secrets"?.......jmo
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Re: Ballistic props
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01/10/18 06:24 PM
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joho5
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quite awhile back, ricky (rip bud) of b&b, talked me into tryin' one.. tweaked on it for me.. took 'bout 3 times and it turned out to be a very, very good prop for my hot rods.. so it shows they do have tha potential.. talk ta josh.. he may know some of tha "secrets"?.......jmo Ive read in a couple places that they are similar to Rakers in performance.
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Re: Ballistic props
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01/11/18 01:51 PM
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steve@S2Marine
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the ballistic xp is actually a modified raker blade. geometry wise. i used to work them
on the raker pitch blocks.
the standard ballistic was the same geometry as the laser II.
with proper tuning they are actually pretty fast props.
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