Installation manual
Simrad38-7
Summaryandgeneralrecommendations
Someoftheaboveguidelinesareconicting,andeachcasehas
tobetreatedindividuallyinordertondthebestcompromise.
Generallythepropellernoiseisthedominantfactor,anda
recommendedtransducerlocationisintheforepartofthehull,
withmaximumdistancefromthebowequaltoonethirdofthe
totallengthofthehullatthewaterline.
Figure2Generalrecommendationfortransducerlocation
ATransducer
BInclinationangle
CHulllengthatwaterline
DMaximum1/3ofthehulllengthatwaterline(C)
Ifthevesselhullhasabulbousbow,thismaywellbeagood
transducerlocation,butalsoheremustbetakenintoconsideration
theowpatternoftheaeratedwater.Oftentheforemostpart
ofthebulbispreferable.
Figure3Recommendedlocationofthetransduceronabulbous
hull
AThruster
BTransducerlocation
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