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Summaryandgeneralrecommendations
Someoftheinstallationguidelinesprovidedfortransducerlocationmaybeconicting.
Forthisreason,eachvesselmustbetreatedindividuallyinordertondthebest
compromise.
Ingeneral,themostimportantfactoristoavoidairbubblesinfrontofthetransducer
face.Forthisreason,therecommendedtransducerlocationisnormallyintheforepartof
thehull,wellaheadofthenoisecreatedbythebowwave.
Themaximumdistancefromthebowisnormallyequaltoonethirdofthetotalwater
linelengthofthehull.
Note
Mountingthetransducermorethan10–15metersfromthebowmaycauseproblems
withtheturbulentow.
ATransducer
BInclinationangle
CHulllengthatwaterline
DMaximum1/3ofthehulllengthatwaterline(C)
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