sponson "shingles"

[anthony_marquart]

Looking to maybe add the shingle thing to some sponsons,..

Anyone have any advice or pics on how to do this?

Do I have to "shingle" all the way or can I just add a few "steps"..

What would be the difference?

thoughts?

 

[moparbarn]

anthony, there was a good thread/discussion on this not too long ago. search the rigger forum, don't think it was in general boating.

 

[camaroboy383]

i beleive scott schnieder (spelling) started that thread...was informative for sure,,,pics and all...

alden

 

[Ted buckley]

i beleive scott schnieder (spelling) started that thread...was informative for sure,,,pics and all...

alden

Here's the one I was thinking about Twin .12 Texan... done By Glenn Quarles. Show's 1 pic of Shingles.

 

[Ted buckley]

Page 9 of this forum - By Glenn Quarles. And maybe, I don't understand why you would want to "Do the shingle" thing on some sponsons if it's for the New Hydro your building? I can't speak for Glenn, but I can only guess as to why he has the shingles on his twin - is due to weight on the front end, and he wanted to make sure that he had a good progression on the front sponsons to get the thing out of the water. After that, he's riding on the last shingle when he's up on plane. The idea I got from this - was adding a "riding plate" on my sponson's due to the error I made when designing them - too narrow by 3/16". Also, if your A.O.A. on the sponson's are correct (Between 3.4 - 3.6 degrees) - you shouldn't have to worry about Shingles. If you notice the design of the JAE sponson for example, the plate in the front(Bottom) of the sponson - is just there to break the shear of the water when you first throw it in. Then, it's ridng on the back plate(bottom) after it gets on plane.

 

[anthony_marquart]

From the information I've read there are a few different reasons. One, a better transition from turning to straight. The outside sponson is running more wet in the turn. The shingles would help free the boat more quickly. There is also the air trap thing that can be done with the two rows of shingles on the outsides of the sponson. My new boat is heavy compaired to my last 2. I'm looking for ideas to make the boat stay light on the water,.. I'll probably make multple sets of sponsons to test.

Page 9 of this forum - By Glenn Quarles. And maybe, I don't understand why you would want to "Do the shingle" thing on some sponsons if it's for the New Hydro your building? I can't speak for Glenn, but I can only guess as to why he has the shingles on his twin - is due to weight on the front end, and he wanted to make sure that he had a good progression on the front sponsons to get the thing out of the water. After that, he's riding on the last shingle when he's up on plane. The idea I got from this - was adding a "riding plate" on my sponson's due to the error I made when designing them - too narrow by 3/16". Also, if your A.O.A. on the sponson's are correct (Between 3.4 - 3.6 degrees) - you shouldn't have to worry about Shingles. If you notice the design of the JAE sponson for example, the plate in the front(Bottom) of the sponson - is just there to break the shear of the water when you first throw it in. Then, it's ridng on the back plate(bottom) after it gets on plane.

 

[Glenn Quarles]

Friends, the shingles on my boat are simply a bandaid. The boat launches great without them, and they don't ride anywhere near the water when it is running. They are only there to keep the nose of the sponson from "sticking" in the waves as I have to run out here on a BIG lake with BIG waves sometimes. They don't do anything except keep the front of the sponson going over the waves instead of thru the waves...and they work GREAT. I have never stuck a wave since I started using them and they don't really slow the boat down when they contact the water.

Glenn

 

[dwilfong]

Here you go. This is what I use on my 21.

David

 

[julianconde]

Well It works great on my B Hydros I bought a design from a friend and the shingle design works perfectly for my Riggers

 

[Scott Schneider]

Original thread was here: http://www.intlwaters.com/index.php?showtopic=30312

My application of using them was done here: http://www.intlwaters.com/index.php?showtopic=38224

 

[Charles Perdue]

Friends, the shingles on my boat are simply a bandaid. The boat launches great without them, and they don't ride anywhere near the water when it is running. They are only there to keep the nose of the sponson from "sticking" in the waves as I have to run out here on a BIG lake with BIG waves sometimes. They don't do anything except keep the front of the sponson going over the waves instead of thru the waves...and they work GREAT. I have never stuck a wave since I started using them and they don't really slow the boat down when they contact the water.

Glenn

I do not know about the "BandAid" part. They are just a design improvement.

Everything else you said is YES, YES, and YES.

Charles

 

[Ted buckley]

Here you go. This is what I use on my 21.

David

Hey David, Doesn't this make it a 5-point Hydro now?? Is that legal?? I'm just kidding