I pilot link not tracking straight at slower speeds

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03-05-2018, 11:44 PM
crappiejim

I pilot link not tracking straight at slower speeds

I know I have asked this question before, and several of y’all have answered but I’m still looking for solutions for Ipilot link. I have an 859 down image hummingbird on the front with the transducer mounted on trolling motor , I have an 899 side image hummingbird at the steering wheel with transom mount transducer. They are Ethernet linked. I have latest software on remote and controller of ipilot as well as on my birds. I know and my fishing partner can verify that when i first got the setup the unit tracked straight if i set a waypoint out in front going against wind and i could go 0.3 or so and it would go straight to the waypoint with reasonable variance for wind gusts. Now if i try the same thing or zig zags all over the place. So much so that i have given up setting the speed and just adjust the speed by 1 2 3 etc. i know about the north button. I have reset factory defaults. I don’t have external gps puck and since i do remember it working better on the beginning i don’t want to possibly waste money and it should work anyway. Anybody have any suggestions. I talked to hbird guy i grizzly jig last year. No real answers. Maybe it’s just the best this thing can do. If so i am disappointed.

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03-05-2018, 11:46 PM
MO' MONEY

Link ain’t worth it’s salt in the wind in my opinion....

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03-05-2018, 11:51 PM
crappiejim

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Originally Posted by MO' MONEY

Link ain’t worth it’s salt in the wind in my opinion....

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That’s what I’m afraid of but i remember it working well. Specific Times and conditions. Very frustrating. I wondering if copilot any better

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03-05-2018, 11:55 PM
MO' MONEY

Regular i-Pilot is better due to constant human input. Lighter boats get blown off course worse than big heavy boats. Still, for my money, I like just the regular i-Pilot

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03-05-2018, 11:58 PM
crappiejim

What would i lose that i have with link? I thought follow the contour was gonna be a bigger deal that it has been

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03-06-2018, 12:25 AM
brettbran

With the new updates do you have to have the Bluetooth heading sensor? Just installed Ultrex and it came with an additonal heading sensor that is only for the trolling motor not the graphs. Apparently it has to be calibrated, etc.
03-06-2018, 12:26 AM
crappiejim

Mine is pre Bluetooth model

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03-06-2018, 07:38 AM
Rees Guide

I have had both, pre bluetooth and bluetooth, and the cruise control on neither seem to work as good as my first terrova Ipilot.
With that said I prefer the Link over regular Ipilot, I like the remote better and I use the functions it ads a good bit as well. Following a contour line sometimes is the best thing since sliced bread, sometimes I never have to even touch the remote once I set it for 30 minutes or so, but those are in really good conditions.
03-06-2018, 07:57 AM
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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03-06-2018, 10:02 AM
Boatbottom

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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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So, are you now running ipilot at all
03-06-2018, 10:04 AM
MO' MONEY

I pilot link not tracking straight at slower speeds

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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03-06-2018, 10:42 AM
crappiejim

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.
03-06-2018, 11:01 AM
MO' MONEY

I pilot link not tracking straight at slower speeds

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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03-06-2018, 11:45 AM
crappiejim

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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03-06-2018, 01:10 PM
MO' MONEY

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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03-06-2018, 01:29 PM
Cray

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.
03-06-2018, 06:35 PM
Rees Guide

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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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03-06-2018, 07:56 PM
Semo

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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