Transducer install on extended plane, stepped hull

[finsterx8]

Sorry if my hull terminology is incorrect but I am trying to install my Helix DI transducer. By the instructions #2 in the pictures is the preffered location. I am wondering with the stepped hull if I will get a lot of turbulence there, also with the swim ladder will it get mistaken for a step? I'm thinking that's why the original speed sensor is mounted where it is. Position #1 seems like my preffered choice, anyone have any experience with this design of hull.

 

[alldodge]

That's not a stepped hull but it should go in position 1 and as far away from the prop as it can, and not in direct line with the lifting strakes (the things sticking out down the length of the hull)

 

[bchaney]

Yea go with #1. That step may cause bubbles or turbulent water that interfere with the readings.

 

[dingbat]

Position #1, 3” beyond the radius of the prop.

The further you go from the keel the higher the probability of speed and turn related issues.

Mounting a transducer between twin motors is the norm

 

[finsterx8]

Thanks for the advice. Installed in position #1, now just have to get it in the water.