b164 bronze transducer

[hooknup]

I am getting a Lowrance HDS10 and was thinking about using a thruhull transducer. Does anyone use the airman b164? If so what are your thoughts and advice with this transducer

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[G-Daddy]

Our boat is at BOE Marine for installation of a B164 right now. It's a tilted array model that is at 20°. Our deadrise is 17° so it will be close. We are pairing it with a Furuno FCV-585. Hope it works as well as Jim says it will.

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

The air mar "tilted element" flush face thru hulls are the "cats meow" and perform flawlessly. Not only less drag, but peace of mind when striking wood under the hull. FYI, Kevin at Wilson Boatyard does this type of work as well a dealer for DIY guys.

[landingzone]

Love my Airmar tilted element also.

If you decide to install it yourself, here are a couple of videos I found very helpful.

[hooknup]

Thanks for the replys

Excellent video. It doesn't seem hard to install. I was thinking about going with a b258 with a fairing block at first. However, I'm thinking there might be a lot of drag Also it seems like a PIA to install ypurself. I think the b164 looks like the ticket. My boat has a 21 degree deadrise so the 20 degree element should be fine

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Capt Vince

Does it track the downrigger balls well? I know it has a narrow beam On my old boat I had a B744v thru hull with a fairing block on my lowrance lcx15mt. It did a pretty good job tracking the balls. I plan on mounting the b164 about 5 ft from the stern on a 30 ft boat. I tossed around the idea of the fairing bock b 258 transducer, but I don't want the drag.

Thanks

Al

[Capt Vince Pierleoni]

Can't comment based on the model numbers, but when in wide cone mode certainly tracks weights and everything else. Worth investing in dual frequency transducers for this fishery. For me, fairing blocks are a thing of the past.

[thompsm7]

Any insights on the benefits of going with the B164 (1kW) vs the B60 (600w)? I notice the B60 has a 45 degree 50kHz cone vs the B164 which has a 22 degree 50Hz cone. I'm assuming that the wider cone would track downrigger balls better? The reason I'm so interested is I am dropping off my boat to put a B60 transducer in it this weekend. Many thanks for the input.