Taps/Wake Plate

[Gardyloo03]

I was looking at a Supra the other day and noticed that their wakeplate looks like a clone of the tige. Does tige sell the use to their patent or what is the dea? Anyone know anything about the Supra's use of it?

[dschock]

Hate to be the one to break it to you, but Hydraulic Trim Tabs have been around for awhile. The difference between Supra and Tige is that the Tige hull is designed to work with the tab to create ideal wakes for different conditions.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that both Supra and Tige use the same trim tabs made by Bennet. According to a thread on wakeboarder.com, they serve different purposes because the tige hull is designed to work with the wake plate, while the trim tab on the supras are a replacement of the fixed cavitation plates formerly used by them.

Check out the thread at wakeboarder.com here if you want.

[Tige M.D.]

tige does hold a patent on the taps system. look it up, they also hold one on the convex v hull. i know it is very expensive to get a patent and even more to defend one. look at correct craft, they hold a patent on the wakeboard tower and spent a mint defending it. all tower manufactures must pay a royalty to them now. probably take years to offset the cost of defending it.

[akdoc]

Someone in our cove at the lake just took delivery of a Mastercraft X-30, and what do you know a hydralic trim tab just like taps was on the thing. Like stated above, too bad the hull isn't designed to work with the tab like on a tige.

[Tige M.D.]

and all that trash talk that taps doesn't work and that it is a band-aid for a bad hull design. what jackasses.
i saw a brand new correct craft monday with some sort of small stainless steel plate above the rudder. it appeared to have a mechanical actuator running thru the hull. any ideas on what that might be? i don't follow the competitors boats too close. not my job. i just follow tige.

[Dents]

The 211 Nautique has a mechanical devise on the back of the hull. When engaged it lowers down about a 1/2" straight down from the transom to create some drag or wake shape. It doesnt move much but from what I have heard it is effective. I dont believe there is any adjusting of it - it is either up or down.