Minnkota riptide w/3x steering and bow guard?
Posted: April 15th, 2007, 10:53 am
Does anyone have this model? Is it worth the extra for the features over the standard bow mount riptide?
due to them turning to fast and unexpectedly 
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Posted: April 15th, 2007, 10:58 am
I don't have one, but most that I've heard talk about em, hate em due to them turning to fast and unexpectedly
due to them turning to fast and unexpectedly Posted: April 15th, 2007, 11:13 am
It sounds like they are hard to learn to steer. Heard any comments on the bowguard system?
Wevans are you talking about the remote-pilot?
Wevans are you talking about the remote-pilot?
Posted: April 15th, 2007, 12:01 pm
We heard the same thing about the 3x but dad had deal fall in his lap on an 80lb 24v 3x with bow guard ($400). I have a bow mount RT on my boat and learning to drive his RT was no problem you just have to relize that a little turn will do ya. It actually turned the boat into a totally diffrent boat. I think that if min RT goes out any time soon then I will go back with a 3x. As far as the bow guard I hate to say that I know about that one too 
. At the NFGFC tourny at Keaton I wasn't paying attention to the rocks and i put it into one and it flexed BIG TIME!! then it flopped back (I thought that I just bought my dad a new trolling motor) and the Prop was broke. I got him another one and its back in business 
. I too was a skeptic when it came to the 3x but now I like em. My .02
Oh yeah dad has it on a CS 19.
. At the NFGFC tourny at Keaton I wasn't paying attention to the rocks and i put it into one and it flexed BIG TIME!! then it flopped back (I thought that I just bought my dad a new trolling motor) and the Prop was broke. I got him another one and its back in business . I too was a skeptic when it came to the 3x but now I like em. My .02Oh yeah dad has it on a CS 19.
Posted: April 15th, 2007, 12:21 pm
That's it! Y'all sold me on one! Thanks guys. 
Posted: April 15th, 2007, 5:38 pm
I've got one. My problem is not with the 3x. I don't like the handle on mine. It's about a foot and half long. Too much and in the way. I like the handle on their pro styles.
Posted: April 15th, 2007, 6:04 pm
Then sell me yours (for a good deal of course 
), and get you some of that pro model!
), and get you some of that pro model!