drive by wire controls

ttles714

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2008 with twin f250's ....Drive by wire controls ... any feed back on this set up ... good ??? bad ???? anything ????
 

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Which hull? Which brand of motors / controls?

I LOVE my Yamaha DEC fly-by-wire controls. Would never go back to mechanical...

Advantages are: automatic sync, precise shifting with zero play, super easy to set exactly the throttle you want with no slippage.
 

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....and PRECISE trolling speed control, whether its at 1950 RPM for Bluefin Tuna trolling, or 600 RPM for Stripers.
 

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With the drive by wire, how precise is it? I am looking at an F250 Yamaha. I am putting on a seafarer 226 (1983 model) and am curious how slow I could go and how fine I could tune the speed?

Also, any cons to the setup? Other than the cost increase?
 

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I have the Yamaha digital controls. It is a great system. The precise throttle controls are very nice. I trolled with it for mahi and there was zero RPM drift as I like to call it. It is smooth shifting and control.
 

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If you get Yamaha Command Link Plus it also has a trolling mode for very precise RPM control. But I actually never use it because I find the regular controls are precise enough. There's no drift at all.