My new Superjet VTS!!

[torquen]

When I bought my ski it came with a Pro-Tec drop nozzle kit installed. To me its useless because I never use it. So today I took the pump off and started looking at the drop nozzle and found that it would be very simple to pretty much reverse the stystem to a VTS. I ground the sliding plane a little for some more throw, changed locations of the cable holder to the front side and bam It's working. I'm not getting 45 deg's or anything close to that matter but it looks like I am getting around 25 deg's. I know when it was a drop nozzle it would push the nose right into the water and now it has more throw so it should do something.
I have a buddy that owns a welding shop that is going to weld a small tab on the bottom of the pump so I can mount the centering spring on and the nozzle will return to center when the lever is released. :brap:

 

[DAG]

humm.. never seen a trip system on a hull with extensions.,,?

anyhow, snap a pic up into the pump so we can see what you did

 

[Waste Land]

humm.. never seen a trip system on a hull with extensions.,,?

anyhow, snap a pic up into the pump so we can see what you did

Drop nozzles are using on race booat to get the nose down in needed situations.

However those extensions arent installed...the bottoms are missing

 

[DAG]

nublet i dident ask what a drop system was.. i wanned to see pics how he modded it for up-trim

 

[Waste Land]

nublet i dident ask what a drop system was.. i wanned to see pics how he modded it for up-trim

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humm.. never seen a trip system on a hull with extensions.,,?

I explained why:biggthumpup:

 

[torquen]

Yes the ski was originally setup for handling/racing but is not to far off from a good freestyle ski. The engine is strong and runs great! The carbon fiber tabs off the back are not full hull extensions. Those will be gone soon as they are screwed and glued on so I can knock them right off. The previous owner said they helped keep the ski in track.

Flipping the drop nozzle only took me about 30 mins. I need to pull it back off because I need to weld one small tab for the return spring to mount to. I will take some pics to show the setup. But all in all, the protec drop nozzle is pretty much ready to install as a VTS. I filed off about 1/8" on the front tab to move the plate farther forward and 1/8" off the other side to get more throw. I could return it back to stock setup in about 10 mins.

 

[torquen]

Ok, finally had some time today to run over to my buds shop and weld on a little alum post that I tapped for a 5mm bolt. This is my mounting point that holds the return spring. Came home and installed everything back to normal and it works awesome! Very smooth, take about 10 lbs of force to move the nozzle up but all of that force is from the spring tension.

I took a few shots of the unit installed. I did not have my camera around at this time :dunno: But you can pretty much see what is going on. I just modded the throw plate a bit with a file to get the desired throw and return position. I then moved the cable holder to the front so its pulling toward the bulkhead instead of the rear of the ski. This is pretty much all that is needed to be done and you have a great working trim system. Ill have to go try it out pretty soon to see how it works.
Garrett