Ballistic Props.

I am running an 1800 Explorer SS Lund w/F150 Yamaha. I have tried many props with this rig and have now a 13 3/4 X 19 Yamaha Black Steel that runs the best, and a 13 1/4 X 19 Rapture by Michigan Wheel that really sucks. I am thinking of a Ballistic 14 1/2 X 19 for the bow lift and the holding power in the water. I have tried the 20 and 21 pitch props and they don’t do the deed. The only ones that have even come close to being correct are all 19 pitch, so I guess 19 it is, but which one? Will Ballistic lift the bow and hold the water(no high speed blowouts)?? Any help will be appreciated about the Ballistic.

TBO,

I’m no prop expert, but I did not like the Balistic at all on my rig.

I purchased a Ballistic prop from Cabelas Bargin Cave at Prarie. D.C. after I spun the hub in my other prop on a sandbar. I just wanted something to get me thru the weekend but after running it for a while it became my main prop. For the money it was a great prop.

I’ve got a ballistic on my Yammaha 150 and love it.The boat is a Fishhawk 1850.When fully loaded top speed is around 50 on the GPS.

What sucked about the rapture? I have heard that on that prop you want to drop a couple of pitches compared to the black steel and aluminum props?

The Rapture didn’t come out of the hole as good as the black steel did, when trimmed up, it would break loose in the turns. It actually did suck…air..in the turns.

Just my two cents in my experience the Ballistic sucked on any boat I ever tried one on compared to a raker. I would go for a raker may have to drop a pitch on some boats two picthes. The rakers will trim higher ( more bow lift ) and cavitate less. If you really want to keep hole shot and top end then go to a four blade. Even rakers from manufacturer to manufacturer vary. The higher the rake the skinnier they will run to a point. With a raker most of the time the engine can be raised one to two holes and it will run even better.