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Old 03-27-2013, 06:59 PM   #65
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Originally Posted by LeeNetworX View Post
Pitch is how far it will travel forward in one complete rotation, in inches. So I went from 19" to 17", with the objective being to get more spin in a same linear distance, thus providing more thrust powering up from an idle, to ease in pulling a skier/wakeboarder up out of the water faster. Hope I'm explaining it correctly, this stuff is relatively new to me.
Don't know why but this thread randomly popped into my head today. I'm no boating expert (as I'm about to prove), but wouldn't 19" of forward motion per rotation give you a better wholeshot and pop a skier out of the water quicker? I am definitely missing something though, because by that definition a 19" would provide better accelleration AND higher top speed than a 17" rather than a trade-off.

I assume there are some fluid dynamics that come into play similar to HP and Torque, I'm just having trouble visualizing which pitch favors which.
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