M11 Coil Mod, Cut Out Struts, Light And Fast Underwater

[D&P-OR]

3 hours ago, Hunterjunk said:

Maybe they were looking in the wrong place , carbon shaft ? 😃

Yeah----wouldn't that be a kick! 🙂

[Caliche]

Nice work, been considering this mod.  The M15 weight makes the machine rather unbalanced.

[basstrackerman]

On 8/15/2024 at 9:33 AM, bklein said:

Do you have to seal off any exposed openings with JBWeld or the like after the cuts?

No, nothing is open.  I used a reciprocating saw with a metal blade a very fine tooth blade for the cutting and then I used a Dremel to smooth everything out

[Tony]

On 8/14/2024 at 2:26 AM, basstrackerman said:

I use it daily and I've had zero problems I have not noticed any falsing of any sort it acts exactly the same as it did when it was 5 oz heavier

Is the weight saving 5oz or 3oz.......my stock M11 coil without cover is 490grams or 17.3oz.

Is the final weight of the chopped coil 14.3oz / 405grams ?

My calculations have an 85 gram weight loss.

Thanks.

[bklein]

[GB_Amateur]

46 minutes ago, bklein said:

Details, please.  Which of these measurements are yours?  Any of these from Minelab?  With skid plates (aka coil covers)?  (E.g.  I just weighed my M8 at 362.3 *without* skid plate.  The factory skid plate weighs 22.2 g.  So total is 384.5 g.)

Coil attachment screw comes in at 4.1 g.

My M11 w/skid weighs 524.7 g (and there may be a gram or so of dirt in that since I haven't cleaned it lately 🤔).

[bklein]

Just what I had gathered at the time from guys that made the mod plus ML data using Google.  All I have, feel free to provide more data and enhance it.

[Tony]

10 hours ago, bklein said:

Thanks for the info......I'll work on a chopped M11 at around the 400g mark. In reality, it might be less due to a reduction of sand stuck on the removed struts.

[fishersari]

I wonder what the actual weight will be with cut out + steveg nonconductive lower rod