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The Owner: Rick Buttonbock Moore Haven, Florida The Installer: Angler’s Marine Ft Lauderdale, Florida Trim Tab System: Bennett M120 Sport Tabs

Installation Notes:

The M120's size was the perfect choice for this installation, since we were dealing with limited transom mounting area like many bass boats tend to have.  We used Bottom Mounting Plates vs. the standard Transom Mounting Plates, since we decided to mount the trim tabs to the hull step area.  By installing them in this fashion, they would be completely out of the water when at speed (no drag or lost top end), but when coming out of the hole they would be in full effect and still have list control capabilities when the seas or conditions call for corrections!  The 10" span allows them to fit where a standard 12" span tab may not or could interfere with the water flow to the prop.  The short actuators (11-3/4" long) allow for easy actuator placement on short transoms and routing the hydraulic lines through the transom into the bilge area, which protects them from damage and makes the installation much cleaner.  The Hydraulic Power Unit on this boat was mounted in the starboard side rear storage compartment.  The Single Lever Control was used instead of the standard Rocker Switch Control (no charge exchange) that comes in the M120 Sport Tabs because of limited mounting space at the helm (requires the smallest amount of area to install, 2” square).

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