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by BradleyD
Fri Nov 30, 2012 6:54 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

I don't see any major bad behavior in your video.It may be that the boat is going as fast as she can go safely, it may be the trim.The wake is a little larger than what I expect for that boat but all together, I don't see a problem.. The video doesn't do it justice, but it's there and best seen in ...
by BradleyD
Fri Nov 23, 2012 5:58 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

Several pics appear to show a concave profile along the keel. It's probably an illusion; a trick of the camera; but it appears to be there in several pics. Look at the keel line near the rightmost shutter and at the leading edge of the skeg: It must be allusions in the pictures. I checked the keel ...
by BradleyD
Thu Nov 22, 2012 11:31 am
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

Good eye...the video was taken on a river but so far has been a 50/50 between rivers and a lake. the rivers in the Mobile River Delta I normally run in have very light currents too. Your point reminds me of something I forgot to mention. The calmer the water, the more the boat tends to kick. If I ru...
by BradleyD
Thu Nov 22, 2012 8:33 am
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

Would you say it feels like it starts to crab a bit than kicks back straight?
Yes, that's a good way to describe it.
by BradleyD
Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:44 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

So after getting to use the boat much more since my last post I have got to use the boat much more and the problem still exists. I have distributed weight and adjusted the motor (which is now a 15hp Yamaha 4S) and nothing solves the issue. I sit in the center of the boat with the only real weight in...
by BradleyD
Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: Plastic Tank fiasco
Replies: 20
Views: 2007

Re: Plastic Tank fiasco

I hate to hear that. Especially after all that work for something as this to be an issue and hope they help you out on the issue. My latest experience with Moeller products was not well either. Last year I bought a complete fuel line with the quick connects to a Mercury motor and withing weeks it wa...
by BradleyD
Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:40 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

Thanks, I'll try that next.
by BradleyD
Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:00 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

Once the mechanical side is take care (see Evan), as Joel writes, it can be trim. There is an attitude in which at some speed, suction can develop close to the bow, forward. Does the boat heel when that happens? Anyway, lets us know what the speed, load and trim is. Engine HP too. Checked the motor...
by BradleyD
Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:46 am
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

Re: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

The friction adjustment is probably at 80% at least. I prefer to keep it on the tight side. That being said I will check everything out to make sure nothing is loose or worn that is allowing the engine to have a little movement. Hopefully soon it will have a new motor on it anyways. Thanks.
by BradleyD
Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:22 pm
Forum: Power Boats
Topic: FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little
Replies: 21
Views: 3252

FS14 feels like it's wagging it's tail a little

I've just my FS14 going and trying to get everything dialed in just right. When running in a straight line it often feels like it is trying to break loose and drift back and forth in the stern. It is not severe and nothing that even needs correction from the motor (once it feels like it drifts sligh...