Thanks for your reply Greg, much appreciated. I went ahead and ordered the newest puck. I plan on getting a Terrova bow mounted trolling motor next year. Then possibly the Ipilot depending upon the reviews and responses of firmware and hardware.
I will not get an Ipilot and then lose foot control that'll never happen so I'll wait until I replace the perfectly good #55 Powerdrive v2.
Hard to believe they can't engineer a work around for the foot control issue On the Powerdrive/ Ipilot combo.
Thanks again Gat