antonywardle Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Hi Anyone seen the Yamaha Helm Master? Looks like a good (although very expensive) system and an alertnative to having an electric motor. The basic premise is that you can GPS Spot lock your single engine outboard. I can see it would be pretty good for offshore fishing, but maybe not for inhore, where you'd prefer the quieter running electric. It would be interesting to see if other manufactures come to market with a similar product Check out the Yamaha dealer saying how good the product is😉 Edited July 9, 2020 by antonywardle 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmk1962 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Impressive! Love the power cylinder innovation which seems to be at the heart of this. At first I thought it was power operated hydraulics but then realized it’s an electric ram. So no hydraulic lines just wires. Wonder how long before OEM copies start to appear?? thanks for sharing Antony cheers Zoran 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey05 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 that's cool as, its amazing to see how far tech has come in such a relatively short period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted July 10, 2020 Author Share Posted July 10, 2020 Pretty big $$$$, nearly 20K which is a lot of electric motors, but yes i's cool to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted July 10, 2020 Share Posted July 10, 2020 7 hours ago, zmk1962 said: Impressive! Love the power cylinder innovation which seems to be at the heart of this. At first I thought it was power operated hydraulics but then realized it’s an electric ram. So no hydraulic lines just wires. Wonder how long before OEM copies start to appear?? thanks for sharing Antony cheers Zoran Drive by wire has been around for a while now & is available on things like motorcycles, cars, & according to this Mercury have been using it since 2010 https://www.mercuryracing.com/go-digital-drive-by-wire/ 4 hours ago, antonywardle said: Pretty big $$$$, nearly 20K which is a lot of electric motors, but yes i's cool to see. Its all relative, the person who won the 80 Mil powerball last night is probably now looking over what super yatch they are buying & probably be using that Yammy as a tendor 🤣 Be nice eh! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunc333 Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 i can maybe see use in the comercial sector .the price is way over the top for rec users and the big downside is you have to have the engine running all the time you are using it so you would clock up your 100 hour servicing much quicker using it as a spot lock , and worth 4 mina koda's not worth it but good to see technoligy improving all the time cheers dunc333 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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