BasserTX wrote: Just a quick update on the Fury. I was able to test it on my home lake, Lake Austin in our Wed night jackpot last night. From my prior post, everything is confirmed. Slightly better hole shot, mid range is great,( a lot more speed at the same RPM.) Top End, it is faster. I had a stretch of wind ripples and quickly moved to 72 mph and still had some more coming. Hot and Humid, with 2 guys, that was faster than my trophy. The one major issue that I did notice for sure, is that this prop is Much more squirrelly at WOT than the trophy. I think this is do to even more bow lift and of course less boat in the water. If you like to fly your boat like a airplane, you will like it. If not it might scare ya….. I like it ! A quick note. The Fury is a larger diameter prop than the trophy. The trophy makes up for this with an extra blade. But as you decrease the diameter slip will increase. Which can drop speed in the mid-range. Usually by the time you are wound out, you are way up on the pad, hull friction is down, and prop slip drops. My favorite chopper is a small-ear 28″ prop. At 5000 rpm it will run about 50-55. At 6000 it will break 82. If I remove the TM batteries, the TM, tackle, etc, at 5000 it will run 60+ and at 6200 it will break 85. Put a fishing partner in the boat and ouch. Top speed will be lucky to hit 65, because the small blades just slip too much. That is probably where your mid-range is improving. And as a note you will probably find that a different engine height might improve the top end a bit since a bigger diameter can stand more height. 2008 Pantera Classic2014 Mercury Pro XS 200
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