Re: Mobster Tabs
We manufacture Smart Tabs and Mobster Tabs. Both series are available and we have no intentions of discontinuing Mobster Tabs or any Smart Tabs Models. The volume is lower and sold in specialty stores because they have been designed for performance bass boats. <br /><br />Although Performance Bass boat owners complain about high bow rise at slow speeds and hole shots, as well as chine walking at higher speeds, they resist using Trim Tabs because of the impression that they slow the boat at Top SPeed. This is generaly accurate with helm controled tabs because they need to be deployed some to eliminate the chine walking and porpoising.<br /><br />It is not true with Mobster Tabs and infact because they cause no resistance or drag and eleiminate the chine walking, the trim can be set out a bit more and the boat will gain a few MPH. Even the 75 to 80 MPH boats.<br /><br />Typical results will be:<br /><br />50% lower bow rise<br />30% to 50% faster Hole shot ( Time to Plain)<br />10% to 15% faster acceleration to 30MPH<br />No Chine Walking<br />2MPH to 4MPH more top speed.<br /><br />IN many cases the use of Mobster Tabs and a prop change (one step UP in pitch) will allow even more top speed. When the boat runs "cleaner" it will run faster.<br /><br />The common misconception about performance boats is that "if they needs trim tabs then there is something wrong with the hull". Actually they are correct, every hull is defective in design at some point. When the load, speed, and water conditions change the hull does not compensate because it is fixed (rigid). Trim Tabs allow the design to change in concert with the conditions. <br /><br />As the editor of Boating Life said -" You make good boats better".
