Richard Beadle
Member
Hi all, ok so I have a smartcast, now I know a lot of people don't like them but I've done my fair share of wading, and plumbing but in truth there is no better way of mapping out the bottom on a big deep featureless swim than with sonar, so please lets not get into the whole is smartcast cheating debate please. Only problem with the smartcast is that I find in flowing water you don?t have a great deal of control, particularly in windy conditions. I quite like those bait boats with the sonar built in but there is no way on gods green earth that I would pay a grand, for what is simply a toy boat. So, I'm toying with the idea of attaching my smartcast float to a radio controlled boat, so I can accurately position and manoeuvre the thing. Problem is I have absolutely no idea how to do it, first I thought that I would tow it from the back of the boat but I was worried that the bubbles coming off the propeller would bugger up the sonar readings. Then I thought that I would attach it to the side of the boat but I thought it would destabilize the boat and it could capsize. Then I thought maybe I could some how mount it in the hull, by cutting a hole in the bottom of the boat and filling an holes with silicone or fibre glass but there is still the worry about destabilizing the boat. So I got to thinking the maybe I could dismantle the float and some how mount the electronics on the boat. Then I got stuck so I was hoping that there are some boffins out there that could give me some advice or ideas on how to go about this little project.
Many thanks
Rich
Many thanks
Rich
