Bent speedmaster rudder bracket

[StevenBryant]

Hey guys,

after going to the lake today i walked away with two boats both with bent rudder brackets. The first is my Deltaforce 21 with a 6s setup running at 3kg, this boat took a nasty tumble in the turn. Normally i run cut down rudders but today i decided to run full blade which was a huge mistake as you can see in the video.
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[785boats]

I had one similar the other weekend. I thought it might of snapped when I straightened it up But it didn't.

[dasboata]

A flip or hard roll will do that ,,I stock Speedmaster rudder parts ! LMK thanks chris

[ron1950]

I couldmt tell if the bracket was bent but if not u can get just get the blade from various hs on the net or call rossi sales that's speedmaster and they will send one out ...great cutomer service from rossi sales

just read chris's thread call him first hes is very fast getting stuff out

[StevenBryant]

Thanks Chris

I might give you shout over the rudder bracket as i have bent two on the same day on different boats. I am waiting to hear from a friend as to whether he has any spares first.

steve

[dasboata]

I couldmt tell if the bracket was bent but if not u can get just get the blade from various hs on the net or call rossi sales that's speedmaster and they will send one out ...great cutomer service from rossi sales

just read chris's thread call him first hes is very fast getting stuff out

Me either Ron I figured the pic was from before he bent it just showing us the lenght ?

[StevenBryant]

Yep the picture was just to how how long the rudder is, i have been running speedmaster rudders cut down for years without ever bending a bracket when the boats have taken a tumble, but this weekend i decided to run full length blades too see what the difference in handling characteristics would be. Unfortunately both boats on there first tumble bend the brackets as shown in the video and in the pic below.

I think i will be going back to the shorter blades to stop this from happening again.
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[grsboats]

Agreed .....also had a Speedmaster rudder blade bent on my twin rigger after a bad flip...substitute the whole rudder by a CMDI one .Gill

[dasboata]

Yep the picture was just to how how long the rudder is, i have been running speedmaster rudders cut down for years without ever bending a bracket when the boats have taken a tumble, but this weekend i decided to run full length blades too see what the difference in handling characteristics would be. Unfortunately both boats on there first tumble bend the brackets as shown in the video and in the pic below.

I think i will be going back to the shorter blades to stop this from happening again.
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Rule of thumb 1-1/2"- 2" below the tip of the prop is all you need !!