Greetings from Lake Mead...
I am trying to get the hang of the Maxum, and we took our first trip around the Lake. It seemed I could not get the Maxum to plane properly without having the RPMs around 4000-4200. Is that too much? The speedo was reading 30-35 MPH and it seemed to ride nice. I am just worried that running the motor at that many RPMs could be too much. I tried trimming the motor and tabs, but it did not seem to help much, but then again, I am a novice.
The motor is the 7.4L Mercury with a Bravo 3 dual-prop set up. 27' Maxum with Generator and we had six passengers at the time.
Any thoughts that will help me keep this motor healthy would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I am trying to get the hang of the Maxum, and we took our first trip around the Lake. It seemed I could not get the Maxum to plane properly without having the RPMs around 4000-4200. Is that too much? The speedo was reading 30-35 MPH and it seemed to ride nice. I am just worried that running the motor at that many RPMs could be too much. I tried trimming the motor and tabs, but it did not seem to help much, but then again, I am a novice.
The motor is the 7.4L Mercury with a Bravo 3 dual-prop set up. 27' Maxum with Generator and we had six passengers at the time.
Any thoughts that will help me keep this motor healthy would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!