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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Do any of you have the cordless Minn Kota Auto Pilot?
What info can you give me on it?
Do you like it? Hate it? Does it work all the time? Ect.....
Any and all infomation would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Mike Hulbert |
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Location: Germantown & Land O Lakes WI | I have it Mike....it's called the Co-Pilot. About $150.00. It comes with a remote and a few different mounting options...wrist,like a watch or for your rods. So far I have to give mine the thumbs up! works with minimal lag and batteries have lasted forever. The only thing I dislike about it is that it beeps when you push the buttons to change direction....maybe that just mine, I dunno. Co-Pilot is a good substitute for a motor that does'nt have Auto-Pilot. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Mike, I fished out of a boat a couple weeks ago that had one. One feature I liked that my Motorguide does not have is the 'constant on'. My buddy was able to run the troller from the back of the boat and I got first water in front without falling over cables. Seemed pretty cool, you should buy me one and we'll go try it out. m |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | Thanks for the info, but I guess I should have mentioned that it is a few years old and probably somewhat different from the new models.
I am just a little worried about it, but I guess with all trolling motors, they will go bad just as fast as any other one.
Hulbert
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Location: Germantown & Land O Lakes WI | Ooppssss..Sorry about that Mike...you're talking the RC AutoPilot...that pedal was a pile of poopy.....they discontinued that a few years back...I had that too and the damn thing kept shorting out.....forget it and buy a standard AP, but the Co-Pilot is a great option.....Now the AP is going to be made into a 74 Lb thrust unit. |
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Location: Ft. Wayne Indiana | The trolling motor in question is a 1996.
Thanks,
Mike Hulbert
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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Mike,
I had one of those motors a few years ago and it worked just fine for me. Just be sure to carry extra batteries for the foot pad. It eats them up fairly fast and always at the wrong time.
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| 52isntbigenough, do you use the watchband thingy or put the remote on the rod? Are you able to make corrections mid-cast? Thanks for the help. |
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Location: Germantown & Land O Lakes WI | I use the rod one mostly....Yes you can if you get a long enough cast downwind. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | I used to have an older Autopilot wireless footpad on a Tuffy 20' Osprey. The motor worked really well. I especially liked it when guiding because I had no cable from the motor to the back deck. I went through a set of footpad batteries about once every two weeks. |
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cordless Minn Kota trolling motor question