Trim tab rolled over for optimum lift. Youtube Vid

TikiHut2

There were certain years of production where the factory was installing the trim tabs with the angled side facing upward. Someone came up with the common sense idea to add much needed lift by simply  rolling over the tabs so that the angles face downward to channel the water instead of allowing it to roll off the sides. Removing the transom bracket is a hassle so here's an easier answer. This simple mod will improve your time out the hole by as much as 25%. Here's a simple video I shot for a friend and a few thoughts in the video text  on getting to plane quicker so I thought I'd post a link here too. Have a great summer season. 

Thanks go out to guys who posted this idea somewhere else. Hope it works for you as well as it did for us. Mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD7zNprwuD4&feature=youtu.be

jmoen438

Thanks Mike, Turns out mine are already flipped down. So in goes the charcoal filter and we are ready for splashdown.

MIKES342

I had a 2003 270 and was having trouble planing they installed the tabs with the bend facing downward problem went away.  I had the 300 hp bravo 3

raybo3

Wings down on my 342

Black_Diamond

Does this not off-set the actuator then?  They really do not like offset loads.

raybo3

BD that is how it was when I bought the boat. They work great....

Tsquare

I prototyped that so many years ago.  It seems odd to me to see the "up" wings on anything.  Al