The 2-3 knots is just to keep the motor running at a very low amperage I'm sure it will go faster if needed. I'm just going to have to see what happens with some of this but think 2-3 should still give me steerage in the conditions when I'd be using the trolling motor of no wind or current. Again this is an experiment with a lot of unknowns but has been challenging and kept me busy at a time when I've needed to be kept busy.walt wrote:One of the things I was thinking about in that other thread on the auto pilot and related to the limit issue. With the trolling motor and a speed of maybe 2 knots (you still have up to three in your write up - that must be with a tail wind and current in the right direction), I think you may have issues of stalling the rudder and having the auto pilot do a lot of limiting - which either blows a fuse or isnt good for the auto pilot. Its a similar problem that people have trying to dock these boats going very slow without vectoring the outboard thrust.. At low speeds, you need a high anlge of attack on the foil to generate the needed lift to turn and then the foil becomes prone to stalling. Especially true for the high aspect foils we have..
I'll give this some serious thought and see if there is some easy way to connect them. As you know I can do that ....walt wrote:...So.. just a possible suggestion but if you plan to use the auto pilot for those long slow days and also if you use the trolling motor to set the anchor where you are going very slow, what do you think about having the trolling motor always connected to the tiller - ie, the trolling motor rotates with the tiller .. This might only be an issue if you plan to also have the auto pilot running (but I cant imaging using that setup any other way)..
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