dannett wrote:
Just wanted to say that I also mounted the side scan transducer reversed under the hull on our catamaran. It works extremely well. I had to cut a piece out of the trailer bunk for clearance, but the scan quality is the best I've seen on any installation.

travisgriggs wrote: Yes I think the return quality is far better in this location. Interesting the right hand channel has a better return and I think it has something to do with the larger surface area on that side. It would be an interesting test to mount the transducer as a skimmer with an aluminium plate backing. I suspect it reduces the surface interference when the returns hit it.

dannett wrote:
The angle of the hull on the right reflects more of the returning sound waves onto the face of the transducer. On the left side, you don't get that extra boost.

I'd guess that the difference is most pronounced at the outside of the right channel's range? It probably is much brighter as you get into the 100-200 foot range. But closer underneath the boat, the returns are just about identical, aren't they?

Here's an a diagram explaining why the right side is brighter. I exaggerated the angles a little bit for clarity.

AnglingCharts wrote:
Great tips.
For sure most of them can be applied on EliteTi models.

About the quoted tip:
On the EliteTi you can set maximum SL2 file size.
Do you know how much would almost correspond 30 mins in Mega Bytes?
And setting a filesize limit will make the log recording stop and start automatically during logging or just stop untill you manually restart?

Thx