Thread: Powerdrive with Ipilot

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

Of course I know this. I actually built a box to do the get around.

Than I am puzzled as to why you told the guy what you did? What was the purpose of that?

Tom

Originally Posted by acwd1950

first off you didnt say how old your current powerdrive is and if its a auto pilot version. if its 2001 and newer the control board is all you need. a control board from northland marine is 135 bucks. you can make it to where you still can use the foot pedal. i have both i pilot and the ipilot link for powerdrive. i like the link version better. spot lock seems little better on link. as for comparison between the old pre 2017 i pilot. i never noticed any difference between my PD and the terrovas. spotlocks seemed about the same. if money is a issue updating the PD is gonna be in 600 dollar range if you do the work yourself. if you are gonna buy a different troller. i would save up and get a new terrova with the new improved i pilot. JMO.

I don't know how old it is, just that it's old enough to have the flat plug.

I dont really want to upgrade this one, as it's a little undersized for the boat, and upgrading would be the same net cost as buying a used V2 and selling mine, if I can find one.

Foot pedal is not an issue, as mentioned, I never use it.

Originally Posted by Atimm693

Foot pedal is not an issue, as mentioned, I never use it.

Having owned an older powerdrive and upgrading to a new Terraova I like the MUCH EASIER deploy stow factor of the Terraova. There is no comparison in that feature between the two, the Terrova is much better.

My PD was not a model which had the digital maximizer which greatly increases battery run times when the motor is being used at less than full motor speeds, this is another feature that my Terraova has which may be worth the upgrade if your PD motor does not have this feature.

Also my Terraova I do not use the foot pedal either as I prefer the remote. BUT I do like having the wired foot control as a back up option in case the remote sh*ts the bed and does not work as without a replacement remote with the footpedal my trolling motor does not become a useless brick until I can get the problem with the remote not working rectified.

Again just having the foot pedal as a backup may keep me going or at least allow me to test whether my failure is a bad remote or a further possible bad board or other problem within the motor itself.

After owning both I would not go back to the pd.

Originally Posted by T_om

Than I am puzzled as to why you told the guy what you did? What was the purpose of that?

Tom

Warranty and there is always someone here to correct me


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Originally Posted by acwd1950

first off you didnt say how old your current powerdrive is and if its a auto pilot version. if its 2001 and newer the control board is all you need. a control board from northland marine is 135 bucks.

I have a new ( never used but bought around 2015) V2 powerdrive with the Co-Pilot attached. As I'm trying to find a cheaper, or even one, ipilot addons, I saw this thread and not sure of what your talking about.

Can you elaborate, or, at least PM me with additional background??

I have yet to find an Ipilot for my V2....