Hydraulic/ Electric Wake plate upgrade

[87SunSportMikeyD]

Do you need a seperate thread or can I combine u with this one:
http://supraboats.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=7678

Call Bennett they can get you a conversion / upgrade package. They have great service

[96Comp]

Will do. Taking it out this weekend. Getting close to the end of the season! Jet - the pics in the link shows someone surfing without a rope. Is that behind a Comp? Please say yes!

[jet]

Yes..I mean no. Diff supra. you can only surf behind mine with a rope. Sorry dude.

[cadunkle]

Does adjusting the wake plate make much difference? I haven't messed with mine at all, it's pretty much set straight back.

[Kip]

Adjusting the wake plate makes a huge difference. We do a lot of skiing and wakeboarding, if the wake plate is in the wrong position for whatever activity we are doing there is no doubt I will drop the line and change it. On our boat I adjust it so there is only about a finger width between the jam nuts for wakeboarding, and 2 1/2 finger widths for skiing.

[matt k]

well, i went ahead and built a power wake plate. We'll see how well it ends up working....

modifying the plate itself (I didn't want to torque it if the motors ran at different speeds, also i might be able to adjust the side to side trim a bit, although the 2 halves are very close together, so that may not work)

[matt k]

and mostly finished:

[matt k]

video in action, I know the left actuator sounds pretty chunky. (the actuators are cheapo used ebay units, because I wasn't sure whether this would even work. if they fail, I'll buy 2 new ones, since replacing them is pretty easy)

76a04b2b.mp4 video by shinymax - Photobucket


I think it came out great, hope it works as well in the water as it does on the trailer....

thoughts? I am a little worried that I have to much downward deflection available, so I'll just have to be careful about that.

[chrisk]

That's one hell of a DIY project! Good work, hopefully those actuators hold up for ya under water and under pressure

[sybrmike]

Very creative project (and use of extensions). Let me know how the split tabs work for trimming list side to side. Also, how much spray you get when actuated together and differentially? I'm doing something similar (cut off old beat up plate, bolted on new hinge and plate with 2 actuators), but haven't yet decided if I want to split my plate.

Good job & good luck.