mhz trimax crap to the max

[westbeach]

Damn interesting indeed Rip. What is a Stevens Pipe in the description? Sounds like the knurled sleeve. I wonder if it needs to be glued into place into the transom??

ok i do not take my words back yet///look at what i found westbeach...mhz does make the deucemax its called the trimax eco


http://www.mhz-powerboats.com/mhzpow...0e410dad714b7c

[RIPFENCE]

Damn interesting indeed Rip. What is a Stevens Pipe in the description? Sounds like the knurled sleeve. I wonder if it needs to be glued into place into the transom??

you probably need to smoke a stevens pipe to get on the correct plane of thinking to figure out the deucemax

[westbeach]

Ahh...the secrets of our European counterparts have been discovered. Must be much larger than the average bong!

http://forums.offshoreelectrics.com/...4&d=1272355600

I did find this picture, looks like the knurled sleeve is glued into the transom.

you probably need to smoke a stevens pipe to get on the correct plane of thinking to figure out the deucemax

[H2OCamel]

wow I have been looking at the trimax mini and middle for two different project but can't find anyone who has installed one.

[RIPFENCE]

well after much testing i have got the ducemax dialed in and here is all thats left......












a speedmater!!!!! the trimax eco went straight to the trash

[b.mcdaniel.2009]

Dang Aaron. Sucks you got burt on that. That Speed Master strut looks better anyway

[fatboyelectric]

How about a vid on this boat with the SM stinger......

[RIPFENCE]

Yes i want to get this one up and going...now i wait for a 3/16 flex to get to me and i am good to go..i am curios to see how the racemaster will go...hey brad i got a really good deal on the boat so its no biggie...i was just curios about this trimax and i wanted it to work but i am not even sure if i had all the correct pieces...lol...i gotta get my wife to film...but she likeS to cook so its a tough tradeoff..do not want to ruin the good eats

[b.mcdaniel.2009]

No no no never bite the hand that feed's you lol....Kinda off subject but how do you like you cyberstorm. Pm me if you want to keep the thread clean

[makaveliks]

I would think you would want the 2 shafts mounted in a "V" shape off the drive looking from the back, not straight side to side... Then they hold it in an up down position and side to side and i would that would keep it from twisting.

*edit* did you really throw it out? If not, you can sned it my way and I'll build a boat to try it on... LOL ALSO I would think the set screw may be to grease the shaft without pulling it out. On the MHZ website it looks like it is a fitting for a line, which I would think would be for an oiler...

[H2OCamel]

You are correct. that is the reason for the twisting.

[lipdaddy]

hahaa..so much for the trimax..i definately do not have that now do i??? ok i take back what i said about the trimax...mine is the deucemax...like going to drop a deuce max

Thanks, I haven't laugh this hard in a while.

nice move with the speedmaster.


Ryan

[CornelP]

That is (was) a Trimax Eco, the simple one of the lot, with only two anchor points. Those two should have been mounted a LOT higher on the transom. Anyway, this version was meant for boats in the 600-800mm range, so it was a bit small for the racemaster...

[RIPFENCE]

Very good observation guys...i may have figured this out if i had taken the time to really think about the situation. But yes it did go to the trash unfortunately...thanks for the insight and for future reference others may know a little more on how to mount it correctly...makes sense to angle the turnbuckles higher

[Alfa Spirit]

Trimax drive can work fine if it' s well installed.. LoL But it' s very expensive. Same as Ripfence, I will use a Speedmaster from OSE in my MHZ Racemaster, flex is from Prestwich Model Boats in England.