Yes, it looks great and just the ticket, but £44000 will buy a lot of new
props. I was thinking of adapting an old fish finder I have. The image shows
the sender at the bow of the boat, which is fine for displacement craft. It
would have to be mounted at the stern for planing hulls, and it would see
the boat hull. Would the setup be reliable with the 'bounce' and the ever
changing angle of attack to the water. What about rough seas?
Steve
"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
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That looked extremely promising until I saw the price. $55,000!!!!!

I think I will wait until Walmart stocks them.

Jeff Morris wrote:

like this?

http://www.farsounder.com/technology..._explained.php


"lomaxelectrical" wrote in message
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I know this this might seem daft, but, I was idly wondering whilst
gazing
at my carnation shaped propeller if a second, narrow angle depth gague
with
it's transducer shooting horizontally forwards just below the water
surface,
would give advance warning of an impending prop repair? (alarm set at,
say,
40 feet). How would the sonar cope with seeing (hearing) the water
surface
and waves? would 2 sonars interfere with each other?
Steve






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