Remote steering for 9.9 Mercury Kicker

[ebijack]

The panther that attacheds onto the tube as menioned does stick out quite a ways which depending on your application can be a problem. I have an older panther that uses a electric window regulator. I don't use it as I prefer to steer using the kicker attached to the outdrive. For me the response time is too slow on alot of occations. The panther will go lock to lock in 4 seconds, but if your in rough seas, or alot of boat traffic that is way to long and you can't really judge where your going to end up steering too as there is no position indicator, so you do alot of corrections. Some folks love em. It's just not for me. A windy day and your really working it trying to stay on a trolling path. Along with it is mounted to one side of your transom so it does not react as fast as you might think.

[basser53]

Thanks ,ebijack and wakina for your help.Now i need to do a little research and decide what i need to do.I also heard of a unit made by Powertran, Has anyone had any experience with this unit?.They say it is completely waterproof.

[ebijack]

If you have the $$, TR-1 is a awesome unit. Once programed properly it can do S turn, tie into your electronics to hit way points, speed control etc.