Airmar M260

[Hooper]

Who is using this shoot thru transducer on their SeaCraft and do you like it? I bought a Furuno 582l and I need a 'ducer, this seems to be the biggest and the baddest. How much can I expect to pay????

-Hooper

[warthog5]

Aprox $700 to $750.

[cSickNick]

I have one and like it!

It is expensive but from the size of this brick you seem to pay by the pound!

Give Jim a call at BOE ... he should be able to give you the best price

Seacraft guys pay less than Mako guys ....

- Nick

[Hooper]

Glad it is a good product, I ordered one today from Consumer's Marine, look forward to using it. Any special mounting issues, I have read their website, seems straight forward....

[BigLew]

Hooper,
The only "trick" I can think of is that you want to avoid any bubbles when you set the transducer into its mount. A suggestion is that you put some coupleing gel on the tranducer as well as in the mounting collar. You want to be cautious to set the xducer in so no bubbles form. Try to get some ultrasound gel from your local hospital, if you know somebody. They should have plenty in the cardiology or obstetrics(babies) testing labs. Good luck.

[warthog5]

Ah! The M-260 ducer is not glued in. The box is. Then the ducer is mounted in the box and the box filled with environmentally friendly antifreeze.

http://www.airmartechnology.com/uplo...hures/M260.pdf

http://www.airmartechnology.com/airm...All&PageNo=101

[BigLew]

Warthog,
That's ULTRASOUND coupling gel, not glue or adhesive of any type. Absent using a surfactant of some sort on the ducer to minimize the formation of bubbles, a coating of the ULTRASOUND gel on the face of the ducer should minimize the potential of bubble formation as it is placed into the mounting collar, or box as you call it.

What you are trying to do is to form an ultrasound conducive coupling between the face of the ducer and the water. Should there be any voids in the fiberglass or column of coupling medium (air bubbles in the gel or antifreeze), that will have a negative effect on the transmission/reception of the ultarsound signals being transmitted and received by the ducer.

I'm just trying to offer a sound bit of information.

[warthog5]

Here is a M-260 box that has had the angle cut on it and glassed to the hull. The X-ducer mounts in the lid of the box. The face does not contact the hull.

I think your talking something different than a M-260?

[zhuxiaonuan]

Try to get someultrasound gel from your local hospital, if you know somebody. They should have plenty in the cardiology or obstetrics(babies) testing labs. Good luck.