2015 Z1 Surf X package

[Z1owner]

We just picked up our new Z1 with the Surf X and adaptive VX package(s) and haven't had it on the water yet. While I'm waiting on good weather. I wanted to learn a bit more about the Surf X and AVX.

Couple of questions come to mind....

1. I understand that the ballast system uses timers to fill and empty the tanks / bags. In the "user setting" section of the TT, what should the default times be to load and unload the ballast? They're currently set at 11+ seconds (unloading a bit linger), but since this boat was used at boat shows, I don't know if those are the right settings or if someone was playing with the settings.
2. How do the bags interact with the tanks?
3. Does it fill the tanks first, then automatically go to the bags, or how does that transition work?
4. Same question when it's emptying, which goes first? Does it empty the bags first, then the tanks?
5. Any guidance on the AVX operation? Should the plate move while it's sitting on the trailer, or does the boat need to be in motion?

Any words of advice or caution that I should know?

We're coming from a older I/O so all this is new....

Thanks in advance!

[ragboy]

I don't believe there are tanks in there at all. There are no tanks on our Z3.

[gwhite94]

Tanks were removed for 15 models, the AVX will not move while on the trailer.

[trace]

Not all '15's have the tanks removed, that's the latest config, but does not apply to all '15's made. Your dealer would know if you have tanks or not.

In the Z1 the forward bags should fill and empty around 3:30 min mark. The stock rear bags/tanks should fill and empty around the 9:00 min mark. If you have hard tanks they are under the rear bags, the fill goes in the bag and drains into the tank, thereby filling the bag after the tank is full, when emptying the empty pumps from the tank while the bag gravity drains into the tank thereby emptying the bag first and then the tank.

The taps plate will move while on the trailer, the AVX will not, but you can set the AVX wherever you want it and it will go to that position if you drive it at surf speed after coming off of plane.

[Z1owner]

Thanks for the info. I'm pretty sure mine has tanks in the rear. I can see the corner of one of them under the floor near one of the ballast pumps. My rear bags come out from behind a snapped curtain along the side of the rear hatch compartments and sit on the floor.

Do you know how the TigeTouch display calculates the % fill of the ballast. Does is use the "pump run time" divided by the "default time" set in the system settings?