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Title: Downscan transducer at an angle?
Post by: bigkahuna on March 03, 2015, 10:32:40 AM
I seem to remember someone tried rotating the DownScan transducer at an angle to see if it might be used as a "look ahead" sonar of sorts.  I can't find the post for the life of me.  Anyone else remember this or have a picture of what it might look like?
Title: Re: Downscan transducer at an angle?
Post by: Trytoofish on March 03, 2015, 11:11:19 AM
I have not seen that but there are several post about rotating a HDSI to get better down-images.
Title: Re: Downscan transducer at an angle?
Post by: rnvinc on March 03, 2015, 09:27:16 PM
It is possible to "aim" any xducer in any direction ... You just have to know how to interpret the echoes on the display ...

Vik3 has been doing this for a while now ...

Here is some of his stuff ...maybe he will check in soon ...

http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=3403.0 (http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=3403.0)

Rickie
Title: Re: Downscan transducer at an angle?
Post by: bigkahuna on March 04, 2015, 09:07:51 AM
It is possible to "aim" any xducer in any direction ... You just have to know how to interpret the echoes on the display ...

Vik3 has been doing this for a while now ...

Here is some of his stuff ...maybe he will check in soon ...

[url]http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=3403.0[/url] ([url]http://forums.sideimagingsoft.com/index.php?topic=3403.0[/url])

Rickie


Thanks Rickie.  That thread is even more interesting than the one I was thinking about.  Apparently he swept the transducer back and forth 180 degrees to get the resulting images.  Interesting...
Title: Re: Downscan transducer at an angle?
Post by: rnvinc on March 04, 2015, 10:17:35 PM
Thanks Rickie.  That thread is even more interesting than the one I was thinking about.  Apparently he swept the transducer back and forth 180 degrees to get the resulting images.  Interesting...

Correct he is sweeping the xducer ...

I'm sure Vik will check in soon ... He has some unique ideas for sure ...

Rickie
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