how did you get the ski locker and gas tank out? It wasn't obvious how mine is supposed to come apart, it seems like the ski locker is sort of trapped in place by the upper deck unless i pulled the rear seat out. I didn't really try very hard to figure it out though.
Anyway, just got back from my first test drive. Spray is a complete non-issue. High-speed stability is VASTLY improved, to the point where i can comfortably max it out now (it hits around 45 wide open).
It appears that I pretty much blew it on "trim allocation" though. at full nose-up trim it's less nose-up than it was before the actuators, and one quick tap down from there is all the nose-down it will ever need (although I was the only one in the boat, with a full back seat, I estimate that i might want at most 1/3 of the nose-down that I currently have available). Beyond that the ride gets rough and handling rapidly starts to suffer. On the plus side, even trimmed full-down, I didn't feel like it was handling dangerously, nor anywhere near sinking the bow. Just harsh over the small waves on the lake, and with kind of a sluggish wallowing feel to the handling.
I tried trimming the 2 tabs in opposite directions. It did make a difference, but not a very big one. It will probably be useful for fine-tuning the wake for symmetry, but it seems extremely unlikely that it'd sink one corner far enough to make a surfing wake. The tabs are just too close together and near the centerline.
So, I need to drill a few rivets out and move the extensions back a bit to adjust my trim allocation. I think what I have is probably something like from 1 inch down to 1 inch up, and what i need is more like .25 down (at most) to 1.75 up. Should be a pretty easy afternoon job, but I left my riveter at home, so it'll have to wait!
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