At this time, I'm not sure how well side imaging would work on the trolling motor. SI seems to work best when the boat is traveling in a straight direction, when you turn the image gets pretty blurry as the sonar is scattered out in an arc. I'm always turning, adjusting the trolling motor and never really going straight for any length of time. I would definitely rather have the SI on the console rather than on the trolling motor.

FYI - here are some great images of the new Garmin DownVu and SideVu: http://kansasoutdoorsman.com/