- Messages
- 13,385
- Reaction score
- 13,502
- Points
- 857
- Location
- Royal, AR
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2007
- Boat Model
- SX
- Boat Length
- 23
For months I joked with the kids about it being some sort of disciplinary device.
Then I finally got around to installing it and was able to test it out over the Memorial Day Weekend.
The ACS is GPS and gyroscope controlled trim tab controller. You simply adjust it to the attitude, roll and pitch, that you want and it holds it at speeds above 10 MPH. I found that I could set the attitude at a low speed and it would hold when I sped up or slowed down. I am using the ACS with a pair of Lectrotab Trim Tabs.
Last Sunday we ventured 12 miles down the lake to watch fireworks. Hundreds or perhaps even a thousand boats were doing the same so the water was a rough chop. On the way there we came up beside a similar sized go fast boat that was porposing through the waves. We were going roughly the same speed on a parallel course. My wife commented about how rough that boat was riding. We were cutting through the same waves with little bow rise.
On the return trip I trimmed the bow down at a GPS indicated 16 MPH. It was dark, hundreds of boats had recently departed the fireworks, and lots of those drivers had been drinking all day. We made the entire 12 mile trip home between 16 and 18 MPH and the boat was sitting at a similar angle to where it had been on the 30+ MPH trip on the way there.
The ACS is easy to install. All it needs is 6 or 7 wires connected and a couple of nuts installed on the back side to hold it in place. I slightly enlarged the mounting hole from a courtesy light that I am relocating. Total install time was less than 30 minutes. It calibrates itself after installation.
I am really looking forward to seeing how much it helps crossing the gulf stream in 23 days
Here is a picture of the ACS mounted in front of the throttles. I can control it without releasing the throttles.
And a wider picture of the complete dash.
Then I finally got around to installing it and was able to test it out over the Memorial Day Weekend.
The ACS is GPS and gyroscope controlled trim tab controller. You simply adjust it to the attitude, roll and pitch, that you want and it holds it at speeds above 10 MPH. I found that I could set the attitude at a low speed and it would hold when I sped up or slowed down. I am using the ACS with a pair of Lectrotab Trim Tabs.
Last Sunday we ventured 12 miles down the lake to watch fireworks. Hundreds or perhaps even a thousand boats were doing the same so the water was a rough chop. On the way there we came up beside a similar sized go fast boat that was porposing through the waves. We were going roughly the same speed on a parallel course. My wife commented about how rough that boat was riding. We were cutting through the same waves with little bow rise.
On the return trip I trimmed the bow down at a GPS indicated 16 MPH. It was dark, hundreds of boats had recently departed the fireworks, and lots of those drivers had been drinking all day. We made the entire 12 mile trip home between 16 and 18 MPH and the boat was sitting at a similar angle to where it had been on the 30+ MPH trip on the way there.
The ACS is easy to install. All it needs is 6 or 7 wires connected and a couple of nuts installed on the back side to hold it in place. I slightly enlarged the mounting hole from a courtesy light that I am relocating. Total install time was less than 30 minutes. It calibrates itself after installation.
I am really looking forward to seeing how much it helps crossing the gulf stream in 23 days
Here is a picture of the ACS mounted in front of the throttles. I can control it without releasing the throttles.
And a wider picture of the complete dash.
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