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Here's a pic of where I mounted mine, not sure if it will be good yet until this weekend. As far as placment with the tabs this may be a good option.
Yep, those are the ones. Glad to hear you're enjoying the boat!
You can use a smaller tab. I put them on my FSH 210 with the ALC. Love them! transforms the boat. I think it could do with a much smaller tab. The tabs barely need to move to make a big change in the boat. The LED indicator barely moves between the top 2 bars with plenty of correction.
Not the best angle, and I lowered my transducer a little after taking this picture to get better readings at high speed, but you can see where I installed the tabs with the transducer on that side at least. No issues with side scan either, though I don't use that much in the gulf.
Are you still happy with this setup? I'm picking up a new 210 fsh here in Ft Myers next week. Already purchased a garmin chartplotter/fish finder for it and contacted Russ at Lectrotabs. He's recommending the 14 inch wide tabs but said it could cause problems with transducer location, and that I could look at something smaller if needed. I'll be trying to navigate the shallow waters down here so the Garmin is somewhat important. That being said, the KeyWest boat I traded had Lectrotabs that I used frequently as well.
I think in a decient swell you want to keep the bow up, not down which these wont help wtih. I Havent done this for for my 210 for that reason.
I test drove a 2022 210 FSH Sport. I tried to get up on plane using 1 engine. It would not plane.
Are you kidding me? you were only running on one engine at that speed? You should NEVER run on one engine except at a few mph, if that in an emergency and preferably with the cooling intake hose crimped off. Wow.... And the dealer let you do this, if he did he is a moron? That is how you could destroy the second engine, by Hydrolocking it with water. I recommend you read up on Yamaha twin engine jet boats and running only on one engine, to understand on why you NEVER should do that. Many posts here on this forum regarding the dangers.
Second engine was at idle.
Yes it is the exact same thing as flushing the engine without it on. The faster you go it will force the cooling water into the other engine. Real tough to get on plane on the one engine. Of course weight in boat, conditions on water are also a factor.
I use each engine separately to steer the boat when I'm docking. Makes a world of difference. Should I not be doing that? Will it damage the other motor over time?
Im going to wager a guess that your ground connection is the issue. Use a volt meter and check the positive to the ground at the helm.
Thanks for the confirmation! I was thinking the same thing but didn't know. Appreciate the feedback.