Can somebody please explain what exactly the "hammer Cut"sponsons do for the hydro? Is it launchability? Looks ? Stability? please help me to understand how/why these work. Thanks Tony J
HC= [Hammer Cut]
I tested the Nitro Trident SR12 with and without a variation of the HC front spoons. From personal experience it will allow the front of the spoon to be wider than "normal" which will prevent stuffing the front end when going into real rough water. The wide front tips also force the spoons to ride "over" the waters surface while you are launching.
The built-in anti-trip capabilities of the HC spoons allows the boat to corner on rougher water whithout spinning out. They also allow you to keep 90deg on both sides of the spoon while you are building (Helps a bunch to keep things straigth when you are drilling the holes for the booms).
The other benefits of the HC is that riggers will be able to turn left (Yes, it does happen). This is accomplished by the steep built-in anti-trip angle.
I like the HC because it makes it easy to modify the boats riding pad to optimize lift with drag. It also makes the front spoons look cool ;D
As far as making the boat ride the prop less or more? I think that is totally a result of the reduction in the contact area of the bottom of the ride pad. When you are running a 1" pad there is going to be contact with the water -which will tend to keep the boat tracking straight... or more so than when you have wider pad with less pressure. I think we should also mention that we are running the bottom of the spoons with little or no dihedral. This increases the lift of the ride area.
I think that small ride surfaces tend to make the boats more stable for heat racing -but that is just my opinion...
On a boat that's just a few onces over 2lb. running pads must be kept small unless you want the boat to look like a jumping tuna in the back straight -That one is from personal experience too... :
