Stinger versus Strut. Which is better?

[T.S.Davis]

I prefer a stinger. Just feels more rigid. With the stinger it helps a lot if you already have a pretty good idea where you want the shaft height. You can get a little adjustment but you need to be close to begin with. The strut has more a adjustibility but once I get it right I'm never going to move it again so why do I need it.

[Brushless55]

what's best for a big twin cat, say like 50" ?
thanks

[properchopper]

I personally don't like stingers much, they take away adjustability, all you have is prop angle to adjust, done properly you can also adjust depth with a strut.

I'll take a stinger over a strut any day. My monos all have the shaft center at 3/8" up from the Vee which lets the hull settle enough to minimize chine walk. Any residual chine walk can be dispatched with trim tab adjustments. I use Speedmaster stingers exclusively which CAN be adjusted for vertical travel (see slotted mounting ears) given a flood chamber is employed, which you'd have to go through the trouble to construct with a height-adjustable strut anyway. Angle is easily accomplished, turn by turn with the adjusters that make it easy, measurable and controllable. Further, a stinger can easily be trimmed to length to allow for the correct alignment with the drive dog - try that with a strut !

Different opinions for sure, but without them there'd be no horse racing

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[Brushless55]

Raising the strut or stinger will help with chine walk. The latter is caused by too much hull out of the water, and stingers usually do not allow enough vertical adjustability to get the hull down into the water. A strut allows much more adjustment. Too much hull in the water will slow the boat down, it takes some experimenting.


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awesome!
I was wondering why my T29 would walk above 40mph
thanks...

[sigelitest]

stingers give the hull more length and seem to be better at keeping water out.

[steveo]

i have a strut on my pursuit hull and i used 1/2" standoff from the transom which makes for a good amount of range up and down without a flood chamber, i just extended the teflon linear out and into the nose cone of the strut. i recently had to move the strut up cause the boat was turning poorly maybe to much prop in the water and was easily done with the strut

[JackBlack26]

This is why I ordered both, considering the strut was $9 and the stinger was $15. I'll go with the strut and possibly just sell the stinger. I'm also thinking about doing a flood chamber for the strut to have more adjust-ability.

Thanks again for the info. This really helps me understand how to set up this boat in opes to make it a bit better than it was designed. The stock drive system doesn't allow for depth adjustment.

[Fluid]

Raising the strut or stinger will help with chine walk. The latter is caused by too much hull out of the water, and stingers usually do not allow enough vertical adjustability to get the hull down into the water. A strut allows much more adjustment. Too much hull in the water will slow the boat down, it takes some experimenting.


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[JackBlack26]

Thanks for the responses. A lot of good info.

I'm building a Spartan hull, from bare. So I ordered both and will see which one performs better since I see that the boat tends to chime walk with the stock setup.

Thanks again!

[Chilli]

Struts in many cases are easier to adjust prop height without adjusting angle. That being said, both usually perform very well. I use struts on my FE boats and stingers on my big gas monos.

[Boaterguy]

flooded stuffing tube and strut has mmost likely the most adjustabilty and is another option.

[BHChieftain]

One other consideration-- if you don't have a "clean" exit hole with the stuffing tube thru the transom then the stinger is a nice option as you can use the stinger mount bracket to cover and seal it.

Chief

[carlcisneros]

since I put my first stinger on my daughters 20 mono, I have never gone back to Struts as far as monos are concerned.

I can raise it up/down, make very minute angular adjustments. I love them.

as far as cats (at least the aeromarine type) and riggers go, struts are my personal preference.

It is really a matter of personal preference.

[Jeff Wohlt]

A strut will ALWAYS be better. You have the advantahge of running your props higher and not changing your angle. So much more tunability. You can run larger props yet adjust how much bite you want by lowering or adjusting higher. Stingers are easier, look more scale on cats, etc. The stinger can get your prop out the back a greater distance for v hulls and cats. Although, you can make brackets to extend a strut as well. You can get cleaner water further back but it does change the handle of the hull...sometime better getting the prop back.

[siberianhusky]

I personally don't like stingers much, they take away adjustability, all you have is prop angle to adjust, done properly you can also adjust depth with a strut.