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Very good informative video. Thank u sir.

A lil dab of some high temp grease will do you well and prob what your noise is

I think you hit on a very important point on transducer leveling. I want to add to the idea of pointing the transducer down a little bit. The sides of the signal cone being emitted are the 1/2 power points. It takes time for the echo to be received back to the transducer. Because of the time delay, when the transducer is level, the boat moves and the echo received back from each ping is near the 1/2 power point. This echo is also smudged by random reflections occurring at the 1/2 power point vicinity of the cone. Tilting the transducer down a little will allow the ping to be sent forward slightly allowing the boat to be in the full power reflection point of the echo on each ping. If this idea is correct, then there would be an optimum speed for the boat for a given depth and angle setting of the transducer. The optimum speed would be the speed that gives the best clarity. This is something to experiment with.

Coin leveling has always been inaccurate. All installations are impacted by weight and balance of the boat. Full fuel or 1/4 tank? One occupant or two? Loaded with the same waight in the same locations each time? We shoot for the best "average'. A slight down angle on the rear of the transducer provides a smoother water flow over the face of the transducer's sonar windows. Great graphics..

i wonder how much difference is caused by the differeent screen size, more pixels on the 9 inch.

I adjusted my transducer until my fish arches appeared level on my graph's display. I also mounted my transducer as far away from the boat center line as possible which reduces ping blockage from the motor. My transducer is pointing at an angle of 3 degress higher at the back of the transducer than the front. My side imaging works great both to the right and left. If you install your transsucer where any part of it extends below the hull bottom you are only asking for trouble. Transducers can be damaged if they strike floating objects in the water at faster speeds. Not worth the risks to me.

Pretty straight forward and it helps to see how you did it. It is my turn and I stumbled upon 3/16 local or I would help you out. Mind if I ask how the Powerdrive is treating you?

Coin trick worked on my boat// A comb forward doesnt help

If you are a fisherman, you are going to be fishing, not recording. That feature is a gimmick. For what the Garmins do they are 100% worth the money. I have 106sv up front and a 126sv at the console with the get56 transducer and livescope. They are reliable. I’ve had hummingbirds and they spent more time getting fixed and wound up broke anyway. I will never buy that brand again! Garmin just work…everytime. No glitches or failures. The resolution is top notch. I use the 12 at the console as I can very easily pick out fish with it. The 10” up front is for livescope and it is amazing. I do recommend that if you buy a Garmin, STAY AWAY FROM AMAZON!!!! I had 2 refurbished/used units sent to me. One was the wrong series all together! The sellers on there will try to rip you off, so be fore warned!!!

How do you determine the direction of the fish with the fish finder

Cool video. Only when you back up on the ramp, make sure you have your seatbelt off. One less step in case of emergency

Yeah. But what about getting readings while at speed on plane?

Hey, great job. Question: what did you do with the bow navigation light? I am doing a similar install and am trying to find a raised light so it mounts aft of the motor mount, but still remains visible from ahead of the boat.

Excellent! I was just here yesterday and got skunked. Gonna use these tips for next time 👌🏼

don't care if your right or who the hell is right on transducer angles but damn good job on the simulator. thumbs up just for that alone.

How was your fishing experience in weeds? Could it still detect fish? Doe transducer get confused in a jungle of weeds @ 1ft depth?

You sound like a real whiner..

Very cool. And informative.

2d sonar sux just buy livescope

I like how thorough the review was. I was looking for an inexpensive fish finder to put onto my Intex Excursion 5. Used the link to buy. Hopefully it’ll assist with my small pond/quick fishing trips

I wish i saw this video before i bought mine great content bud

I used it today it really works

Lucky is such a garbage brand 🤦🏽 cheap toy

Couldn’t disagree more

I saw a video that to can buy a universal cord to convert the trolling Minn Kota to your Garmin

Good job!

Thanks

Hmm I thought angling your transducer down thet much would result in some rooster tailing water??

Great review, I want one now! Can't afford a lot of fishin' gear these days the way prices have skyrocketed, but at least this seems to be worthwhile. I don't need anything more than what this "Lucky" finder offers!

Thanks for all the time invested into this. I got my trans level with how the boat sits in the water. From the coin level. Works good for mine.

Yes. Ignore the manufacturers and don’t level your transducer for best performance. Haha.

How can you take a guy seriously that doesnt even own a comb

I disagree with this video and any transducer video talking about proper transducer placement. Optimal placement is going to be different for everyone unless you have the same boat to weight ratio and placement. You don’t take into account the weight of the boat - full tank of gas / three quarter / half, tackle, how many people on the boat, etc. This will affect the ducer placement regardless of any leveling to the ducer. Trimming also affects the angle of the ducer. Too high and your bow raises which will angle your ducer down…. Too low and you start to level the boat, but you may start to see interference w/ the lower unit which will DEFINITELY impact images…. There’s too many variables. In the end, you’re never going to have the ‘BEST’ angle anyway so there’s really no point to these videos lol.

Love it. I have the same boat and try my best rendition of this one day.

Not sure on this yet . I set mine up and tilted the back of the transducer up quite a bit to compensate for the motor. I had an image on side view and traditional that would rival any advertisement or high end install. Without really knowing much about the unit and limited time I had to do the rest from my garage. After dropping the transducer slightly but then adjusting to the coin leveling on the water method. The transducer angle came down from the back tipped up to closer looking level. My screens have not looked as clear to date and I am still tweaking .

How does a slight down angle affect clear vue and standard down imaging?

First of all, your 3D graphics to explain your point is brilliant, well done. Transducer Angle to Transom (TAT) is something I am very aware of on my USV's, in fact, the entire design of my USV (AIMy) was based around TAT. While the coin concept worked for many that had just horrible TATs, I agree, it is not a solution for everyone as "slightly down" is certainly the ticket. A very quick and easy 'on the water' test is to idle over some fish on a wide cone angle such as 83kHz for Lowrance/Simrad users to check your arches. If the arch is slightly longer on the left then it is 100% in my opinion as it is slightly down. A perfectly equal arch I would give 80% and a longer right side arch ... 0%, get the boat out of the water now and fix it!

Thanks for the video, very helpful; I'm working on doing the same thing on my 16 foot Lund.

You did a great job here! This is exactly the conclusion I came to simply using trial and error. I tried the coin leveling thing and the result for me was terrible.

Oh I see the problem. You're using a Garmin unit. That's your problem. Switch to a Simrad, you'll be much happier.

good stuff.👍

Those lines are more than likely from your di being on the same frequency as your si. Around the 2 min 30 sec.

Great video

If you have it at an angle your depth reading will be off

Hummingbird recommend 5° down

Hair ????

What was the angle of your transducer in the before test? Was it 10 degrees? It looks further down than that.

Any ideas why my side imaging stopped showing the dark area down the miidle that should be the depth of the water I'm in. Meaning my whole screen, no matter what depth of water I'm in looks like it would if you were like in a foot of water. This just started happening.

I've always have my transducer about 5mm to 10mm down I've never have my transducer level when planning you get the signal almost in center of boat and when just fishing drifting the fish and lumps or objects are almost in center of under the boat I've tested in shallow water were it picks up its pretty much spot on when angled down my pop back in the early nineties told me this always have slight tilt down not level and since this I've always have good luck

You can't trust this video. He's a affiliate, HE WANTS YOU TO BUY IT, BECAUSE HE MAKES MONEY WHEN YOU DO.