I had found where a gentleman had done this somwhere. So on the shoulders of giants, here I go.
I want to add a little flotation to my jon, I fish alone a bit, and even with batteries and gear up front, she sits a bit low when I'm in the rear fishing. Also planning on putting a 4 stroke 9.9 on her so a little more weight coming soon.
All the reading in the world says, hang em wrong and loose speed, or loose flotation, cant have both.
So with these mounted on actuators, I can get a bit of throw out of them. Buried for max flotation, and maybe a little braking action for trolling with my main motor, and raises up with a pretty nice upward angle to keep em from digging and letting me get the bow up. Water skiers seem to love creating a huge wake for me to cross as I motor in at the end of the day on a couple of my favorite lakes.
One of my questions is will this gap on the side of the pods cause me fits? The bottoms will have that angled aluminium to make a "smooth" transition from the hull to the pod, and hide the hinge a bit. Thinking a piano hinge will hold em allright and if not can be replaced with something more better. Have some 1/4" AL plate to stiffin up the pod for the actuator and hinge mount, so hinge would be weakest point I believe.
What do y'all think?
I want to add a little flotation to my jon, I fish alone a bit, and even with batteries and gear up front, she sits a bit low when I'm in the rear fishing. Also planning on putting a 4 stroke 9.9 on her so a little more weight coming soon.
All the reading in the world says, hang em wrong and loose speed, or loose flotation, cant have both.
So with these mounted on actuators, I can get a bit of throw out of them. Buried for max flotation, and maybe a little braking action for trolling with my main motor, and raises up with a pretty nice upward angle to keep em from digging and letting me get the bow up. Water skiers seem to love creating a huge wake for me to cross as I motor in at the end of the day on a couple of my favorite lakes.
One of my questions is will this gap on the side of the pods cause me fits? The bottoms will have that angled aluminium to make a "smooth" transition from the hull to the pod, and hide the hinge a bit. Thinking a piano hinge will hold em allright and if not can be replaced with something more better. Have some 1/4" AL plate to stiffin up the pod for the actuator and hinge mount, so hinge would be weakest point I believe.
What do y'all think?