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Location: Hartford, Iowa | Is the i-pilot worth the money or is the auto pilot just as good? Also, do you have to or can you put a lakemaps chip in the i-pilot ? |
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Location: Wisconsin | iPilot has a autopilot built in, along with save track, hold spot, cruise control and copilot functions all in the one unit. It would be a step up from the autopilot (compass based). No, you can not use lake chips in the unit. (although a contour following function would be nice ala PinPoint) |
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Location: Hartford, Iowa | Thanks for the info. I was completely ignorant of the feature and what it did. |
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| So if you like autopilot, you wouldn't necessarily need a Terrova with it, since the ipilot has it already ? Is that right? |
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| The spot lock feature is really cool works like an electronic anchor |
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| So if you like autopilot, you wouldn't necessarily need a Terrova with it, since the ipilot has it already ? Is that right?
it's not possible to get them both...it's one or the other. the iPilot has all the AutoPilot features, plus some additional ones such as track memory and the position lock.
happiness is knowing that there's a Terrova 80/US2/iPilot sitting in the back of my truck right now!
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| Lambeau is right, for instance if you had a trolling motor with autopilot and you wanted to upgrade to the Ipilot, you would have to remove the autopilot portion from the head before installing the Ipilot upgrade. |
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| Anyone looking for information on hooking up a Ipilot or all of its features should go to JasonHalfenOutdoors.com really informative site, just click on the yellow box that says "hummingbird instructional articles" and it will take you there.
PMV |
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| FYI, I emailed Minn Kota regarding possible future upgrades to the I-Pilot's memory capacity. Three trails is not worth the money for me and I figure they will be increasing memory capacity at some point. I asked them whether they anticipated increasing memory and whether there would be an upgrade available to current I-Pilot users at a reasonable price, rather than having to add a whole I-Pilot unit. Here is the response I received:
"Thank you for your recent inquiry. The I-Pilot system is a new product for us, and as such, there are no current plans to change it from its current design. I cannot be certain, but I suspect that if a change is made in the design of the I-Pilot system, that it would require purchase of a new one. The current I-Pilot system does not allow you to add memory.
Regards,
Dave h"
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| Also, if anyone is removing a functioning AutoPilot from a Terrova 101, or another compatible unit, and wants to sell it let me know. I'll buy it for a reasonable price.
-Chris
Edited by whynot 2/23/2010 9:51 AM
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| market forces will decide what happens. personally, i think iPilot will be popular which will create an incentive to expand on it.
rather than adding more memory to the trolling motor, i can see them going the direction of allowing you to lay down tracks/points on your sonar/gps unit and having the iPilot linked to the network and drive you from point to point.
since MinnKota and Humminbird are owned by the same company, they could make it unique to Humminbirds. this would be a value-added approach as it would create even more incentive to get the Humminbird units than there is already.
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| yeah, i asked about that too, he didn't specifically address it. i agree that the iPilot will be popular, 3 trails just wasn't enough for me to justify it yet. i didn't want to have to spend all day going from spot to spot with the trolling motor laying down 3, 2 mile long trails that encompass a number of different spots. you could do it, though.
while they're at it, they may as well incorporate the side-imaging sonar in the trolling motor. then they should figure out a way to allow folks to adjust the angle at which the side imaging sonar emits so that you can get real time data for the spot you are casting to in front of the boat. what more would could a guy really need above and beyond that?!? gotta love technology!
Edited by whynot 2/23/2010 10:45 AM
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| Maybe they will make one that catches fish for you. |
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Location: Storm Lake, IA | When you are setting up a trail do you have to use the co-pilot controls for the trail to be stored. Or can you use the foot pedal to set up the trail? |
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| the way it was explained to me is it can learn a trail in the stowed position. |
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