Raymarine Dragonfly Transducer Mounting
Submitted by CC106 on Mon, 2014-07-14 11:50
Hi Everyone
Ive just purchased the Raymarine Dragonlfy and installing onto a Carribean Offshore
Just wondering if anyone has any pictures of their Raymarine Dragonfly transducer mounted to their boat. Any tips? Obviously every boat is different but would like to hear what other Dragonfly users have encountered.
Cheers
Chris
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Tradewind
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Watching this thread
Watching this thread closely
I've got one myself on the Thunderbird.
Placed it 1/2 Above/Under between chines on the correct side of the prop wash but i'm getting signal loss above 7 - 8knots (Sometimes worse)
Could just be the old Thunderbird is pedantic about Transducer placement or it's just better off with a Through-Hull
hilly9
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Drop it lower. Mine sits well
Drop it lower. Mine sits well under the hull line now. No problem holding the bottom over 20knots
Vinesh87
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Its not kicking up is it?
Its not kicking up is it?
Tradewind
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Wasn't kicking, but i'll
Wasn't kicking, but i'll definintely give that a shot, thanks guys
CC106
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Does placing the transducer
Does placing the transducer on one particular side of the prop actually make any difference? Has anyone place the trans on the portside?
Paul H
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Shouldn't matter if at least
Shouldn't matter if at least 30cm away from motor.
I have a HDS and have the normal 50/200hz on the left (port) side and the structure scan transducer on the right (wasn't fussed with overlay so distance between the two not concerning to me)
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Vinesh87
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Mine was about 50mm under
Mine was about 50mm under the bottom of the hull. Most people say its too low but no worries at 20kt+ . If you search dragonfly and find my post there are mounted pictures.