<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hi Emile,</div><div>No!</div><div>I tried to get information from the manufacturer of the Simrad forward scan</div><div>transducers, but they weren't very helpful. I wanted to know if you could</div><div>shoot through fibreglass with them as you can in other transducers. But they</div><div>couldn't tell me. My idea was to mount the transducer in a 1/2" fibreglass </div><div>shell. They also did not have a clue as to what their depth rating was.</div><div>Buy our product, test yourself but outside warranty!</div><div>You may have better luck as they manufacture most of the transducers in Europe.</div><div>I would be interested in any progress you make with this.</div><div>Alan<br><br><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div><br>On 6/11/2017, at 9:27 AM, emile via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">All,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The only drawback from the Norway adventure was that we killed the side scan transducer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The plastic cracked during launch. And yesterday it stopped completely ; water leaked tru the cable core..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Wonder if I can replace it with a 360 deg. transducer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Anyone hands on experience with it ?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-moving parts inside.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-estimated depth rating<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-works without GPS?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Best regards, Emile<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>