Thread: I pilot prices

I link cannot be worth twice as much!

I am guessing it won't come down, however I could be wrong. I view the link as an upgrade to ipilot.

I am really wanting to get a 80lb i pilot, but I have a side image humminbird at the front and it becomes useless with the terrova built in transducer and I dont know how well the set up would work putting the si transducer on the terrova and attaching the cable to the shaft with the way the ipilot deploys and stores. I have a 70lb edge that works fine, but there are times when one speed wont move you into the wind and the next is to fast. I would like the speed settings of the terrova and the remote to use when you have two people in the front spider rigging.

just bought 80lb 45'' shaft from Glenn's rodnreels $1138 to my door... its a recon but looks brand new...

Originally Posted by mkeller

I am really wanting to get a 80lb i pilot, but I have a side image humminbird at the front and it becomes useless with the terrova built in transducer and I dont know how well the set up would work putting the si transducer on the terrova and attaching the cable to the shaft with the way the ipilot deploys and stores. I have a 70lb edge that works fine, but there are times when one speed wont move you into the wind and the next is to fast. I would like the speed settings of the terrova and the remote to use when you have two people in the front spider rigging.

I don't have the SI unit on my Terrova but I believe the issue is the transducer mounted on the TM whether it is the built in one or an external mount. The problem as I understand it is the transducer moving around on the motor distorts the image. I think it works OK on the DI but not the SI.
Someone correct me it I am wrong, but I think that is the issue. What you have to do is mount the SI transducer on an independant stable mount on the front of the boat. There have been a few post of how to rig that up.
Hope this helps.

You can run the transducer cable through the shaft (groove on the side of the shaft)of the Terrova but like SeaRay says, you have to mount the Si transducer elsewhere.

I have a 597 HDdi on the front and ran my transducer cable through the groove in the shaft, through the TM mount, and attached the 597 transducer to the TM. But the SI won't work properly on the TM because of the TM moving all the time.

Originally Posted by dncncwboy61

You can run the transducer cable through the shaft (groove on the side of the shaft)of the Terrova but like SeaRay says, you have to mount the Si transducer elsewhere.

I have a 597 HDdi on the front and ran my transducer cable through the groove in the shaft, through the TM mount, and attached the 597 transducer to the TM. But the SI won't work properly on the TM because of the TM moving all the time.

Dncncwboy61 I just installed a 597 hd di unit on my I pilot and had a lot of rf interference I had to run some ground wires to get picture better seems to be good now I was wondering did you have any interference with your unit and what did you do to get a good picture. Thanks

Originally Posted by Redge

I am guessing it won't come down, however I could be wrong. I view the link as an upgrade to ipilot.

I don't think it's an upgrade but an all new unit since it adds humminbird ethernet connection.