I pilot link not tracking straight at slower speeds

**MO' MONEY** · 03-06-2018, 10:04 AM

Yes, just the i-Pilot on my ultrex, wind will push you all around on a line if you aren’t going directly with it. Into a stiff wind is a fight with the light front end of my boat unless at 4 or higher tm speed.

I think it has more to do with my boat being aluminum and lighter than a glass boat, but even in the 21 foot ranger I fish out of, the link did not perform as planned. Have heard MK is coming out with some new technology on it, may change the game.

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**crappiejim** · 03-06-2018, 10:42 AM

Im sure both of you have gps pucks. so it still doesnt work well with those either? when i mean zig zag, i mean constantly back and forth overcorrection of speed and direction. unuseable.

**MO' MONEY** · 03-06-2018, 11:01 AM

Ipilot does not weave as bad, I may get off track a bit but it just keeps heading same general direction. Only speeds up when I make pretty significant turns with the remote. And yes, I have the puck

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**crappiejim** · 03-06-2018, 11:45 AM

See that’s still better than me. Mom is bad enough that like the crowd at Eagle Lake I would not be able to stay away from other boats trying to go straight

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**MO' MONEY** · 03-06-2018, 01:10 PM

That crowd was a nightmare, was pulling jigs thru them, in that case it’s better to stay on the control and steer. Had quite a few close calls out there this weekend

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**Cray** · 03-06-2018, 01:29 PM

Jim, I have never tried the follow the contour function since I have only run a couple on other folks boats. Here is a suggestion, go into menus and set it back to the legacy mode, then when pressing the N button hold it down until the circle disappears around the N. That puts it back in the compass mode and it will track a lot straighter. I found for some reason that the LINK in the GPS navigate mode wanders much worse than my Ipilot does in GPS navigate.

**Rees Guide** · 03-06-2018, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by MO' MONEY

John, we had problems with remote dying in cold weather. On tourney day, it was no bueno. 3 strikes screwing up trips for us and buddy sold it. I wouldn’t have it on my boat if it was given to me. But, it looks to be awesome if conditions allow it to work right

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You got to turn the backlight off, if you don't it runs down

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**Semo** · 03-06-2018, 07:56 PM

We had alot of problems with our ultrex ilink wandering around trying to go straight at lower speeds. I figured out to either put the power poles down and create a little of drag. Or if going across wind, we turn the paddles sideways like rudders. Both ways make a huge difference.

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