Hey all,
Was curious what your thoughts on are positioning of a transducer. I got a Garmin Striker Plus 4cv recently and am thinking about where to rig it off the rod holder system I'm building out. I plan to place it on my left-hand side but not sure if it should go in the front or back (the front-left seems to be where most have theirs mounted from what I've seen in pictures.)
I stumbled across this article here where the guy mounts his transducer perpendicular and facing outwards. I guess because he says his mark shapes come out more desirable:
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I'm not sure if that's a limitation with his transducer where he has to do that to get the "bananas" or if that's universally the same for all transducers even the newer ones.
Anyway, I'm leaning towards placing the transducer on the front left as well, and with the ability to swivel it up and out of the way.
What do you guys think? I want to get some input before I glue everything together and end up *facepalming* myself because I didn't take something into consideration...
EDIT: I think it actually would only work on the front left based on the way I have the "swivel" set up - it's basically a FIPT to MIPT ABS coupling adapter that you screw on. The way it screws on, clockwise, would only work in this position because of it's placement...at least, that's what I've observed.
Anyway, here are some pics of the setup...
With the transducer down in position:
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With the transducer up and out of position:
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I will likely use a hook/loop or drill a hole in the coupling and use a thumbscrew to tighten everything down so it doesn't slip around.... maybe even a round wire lock pin. I'll have it set so that when it's down in position though it'll be tight, so I may not need to worry as much about this.
Oh, and I'm planning to build a similar holder for the right-hand side too but it shouldn't be as complex as I'm not planning to place the fish finder or transducer on that side.
Was curious what your thoughts on are positioning of a transducer. I got a Garmin Striker Plus 4cv recently and am thinking about where to rig it off the rod holder system I'm building out. I plan to place it on my left-hand side but not sure if it should go in the front or back (the front-left seems to be where most have theirs mounted from what I've seen in pictures.)
I stumbled across this article here where the guy mounts his transducer perpendicular and facing outwards. I guess because he says his mark shapes come out more desirable:
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I'm not sure if that's a limitation with his transducer where he has to do that to get the "bananas" or if that's universally the same for all transducers even the newer ones.
Anyway, I'm leaning towards placing the transducer on the front left as well, and with the ability to swivel it up and out of the way.
What do you guys think? I want to get some input before I glue everything together and end up *facepalming* myself because I didn't take something into consideration...
EDIT: I think it actually would only work on the front left based on the way I have the "swivel" set up - it's basically a FIPT to MIPT ABS coupling adapter that you screw on. The way it screws on, clockwise, would only work in this position because of it's placement...at least, that's what I've observed.
Anyway, here are some pics of the setup...
With the transducer down in position:
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With the transducer up and out of position:
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I will likely use a hook/loop or drill a hole in the coupling and use a thumbscrew to tighten everything down so it doesn't slip around.... maybe even a round wire lock pin. I'll have it set so that when it's down in position though it'll be tight, so I may not need to worry as much about this.
Oh, and I'm planning to build a similar holder for the right-hand side too but it shouldn't be as complex as I'm not planning to place the fish finder or transducer on that side.