Hi Guys,
In a few days I hope to recieve my new humminbird unit, a Helix 9 g2n Mega .
At the moment I am prepairing my boat to mount the unit and transducer but I am a little in doubt where to place te transducer (side imaging).
I would like to place it in at the location of the red rectangle in the attached picture.
That way the transducer will be free to "Watch" both sides without any obstructions.
But the manual says to stay 38centimeters (I'm from the Netherlands) from the prop. That way the green rectangle would become the best poition. But I am a little afraid that the cavitation plate from the motor will block the side image to portside. I can trim my motor a little bit more up but not to much as I want to use the side imaging also when driving slow speed on the outboard.
Does anyone now how important the 38cm are? I see a lot of pictures from side image transducers placed near the center of the boat.
I also read that the side image beam is very thin (like a laser thickness). Does this come from the middle of the transducer to the left and right, or from the back or front of the transducer?
If it's from the middle or front (and very narrow) it will probably miss the outboard parts, see picture 2 in the attachement.
Maybe someone here can give me some advise?
ps The transducer will be mounted on a transducer plate.
Best regards.