Will a 50# trolling motor push a 14foot john boat fast enough to get good readings for the side imaging?
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Will a 50# trolling motor push a 14foot john boat fast enough to get good readings for the side imaging?
My answer would be yes.
If you are moving at all, the side imaging will work.
You could row your boat fast enough.
I had heard some say that you needed to go 3 or 4 mph, I don't have a clue how fast I would be going.
FYI, my max speed with a bow mounted foot controlled 12V MK50AT on a 15ft War Eagle welded boat and a 25 Johnson is 2.8mph fully loaded GPS. Just to give you an idea of your actual speed. Pretty sure you'd be OK with the SI at anything close to that from what I've heard, but I would bet you'll be going faster than me since my boat is pretty well loaded and I'm on the front deck. Your 50# and your body in the back of the boat will probably be clipping along at 3 to 3.5 or maybe a little more depending on the boat.
Wannabe...
there would usually be two people in the boat, I just want to make sure that it will work before I sink the money into the 797c2, Thanks
The top speed should be around 3 mph with a fully charged battery. It will work, just keep the chart speed at 1 or 2 and run at about 1/2 power.
Speaking of this, I ran my big engine at idle and dropped the trolling motor in the water and used the trolling motor to steer the boat. Sure is easier to steer the boat this way. I used the copilot to control the TM. Freedom to move about. Great for grid trolling.Quote:
Originally Posted by PanMan_VA
Learned this from Jeff White. He got it from them Yank Walleye fellers.:)
I sure like this SI stuff.
Tom
Just put my TM Transducer on last night. Went out tonight for a bit to test. Here's a screen capture. You can see the Speed and quality. I'm not sure if this is a car, but it appears to be. Spare tire on the right side, I believe. My chart speed was on the highest setting.
thanks, what does the difference in chart speed have to do with it? Is this the 797c2?
Nothing to me. I don't see that much difference when I adjust the chart speed. But people have a lot of theories about it, so I thought I'd clarify that I was on 5.
Looks like your chart is going faster than boat, set chart @ 3 & go 3mph & U will take those streaks out of pict-alot clearer. Also take some side shots also maybe U will see somebody in there?? :eek:
I just bought a 797Ci this morning only to have too take it back....someone had taken the power cord and transducer out of the box and returned it. Drove another 45 miles to return to BP.
Mounted it this afternoon....now waiting till this Thursday to try it out.
I've got a 797 on a 16 ft tracker with a 45# tm and it works just fine. I was playing with it slow trolling at about .5 to 1 mph, depending on the head wind, and had the chart speed set at 1. Looked really clear and the proportions on the screen looked about right and was clear. I read on here somewhere that the rule of thumb was to set the chart speed to about the speed you were running. Works for me so far. But to answer your question, from my limited experience you are good to go.
My brother and I bought a 797 a couple of months ago. We had the same problem with the picture. It was burred and grainy.The guys on this forum said to make sure we run a straight line,try to match chart speed to how fast you are running. It worked. They also said if we would just shoot one side and bring in the view to around 60 would get clearer and larger. It worked great for us. Hope this helps.When the president sends out his stimulas check I think we are going to upgrade tp the 997 for the console and 797 on trolling motor.;)