This is a Jim Rich or jet guy type question, so here goes....
I was out doing some windshield time today and my brain got to going....Jets typially take in water through what I will call a hole in the bottom and squirt it out.. Now as we all know, the faster you go, the greater the friction, thus the need to get more boat out of the water to reduce the drag....Since the jet sucks itself into the water, there is only so much boat you can remove from the water without wrecking the amount of thrust it can give....So, the question....
Has anyone ever tried building a jet that bolted entirely behind the transom? You would use an intermediate drive like a lower unit boat does, then connect the jet? I know, that sucker would be hanging over the back a ways...But, it could get boat out of th water, whilst allowing the sucker to suck so it can squirt water..... Same basic design as a through the bottom jet, but this would mount kind of like a lower unit boat, the intake just behind the transom, then the thruster behind that to make the boat go....You could even get kind of crazy and add trim to the whole thing....
Has it ever been done, and is this too warped to even concieve, or does it have possibility? I'm thinking with as hard a a jet comes out of the hole, it could raise the top end for dragging....
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