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Dixie Highway

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Wouldn’t need the trim tabs if I could hit 163...just skip over any waves or chop.
 

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Any idea why this glitch accord or how this happened?
 

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Not really lasted less than five minutes. Simrad GPS alway has accurate speed, which was about 5mph.
We were just floating with motor running for about 15-20 minutes, went to leave and noticed glitch.
 

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Great fuel mileage at 163!
 

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The Scarab use GPS for speed signal? If so, a glitch sometimes causes it to think it moved 400 feet instantaneously and calculate an incorrect speed. If it’s a paddle wheel, jet wash could have caused it to spin too fast. Also, the paddlewheel simply counts pulses in a given time, which correlates to speed. If it miscalculated time the equation to figure speed would be off.
 

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I'm uncertain of the OP exact setup. All scarabs I have owned, have all used GPS. I have never encountered a similar issue and I'm Interested in understanding what caused the Op's glitch? I do know these electrical systems are extremely voltage Sensitive.
 

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You must have been going down hill.
 

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Can't we all just agree that for a couple of nearly free mods, we can all have these speeds?
His pump must be bery efficient!
 
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