Perfect Pass Question

[22Veee]

Thanks Dogbert!

[lba_dillon]

Zad is right. The PP can be set for how often it checks the speed. If you have it set to check the speed too rarely (every 3 seconds), then it makes adjustments that get wild. It can be set to check the speed more often, and that will decrease the swings in speed. The owner's manual should tell you how to do that. Mine was initially set to check the speed too rarely, and I fixed it and have never had one complaint. I don't even have to mess with the throttle on a double up.

I have never had a problem with the speed based mode. I can't help but think that once a person pulls hard on my boat and slows it down, if the RPM's are held stable, it will take 5-10 seconds or more to get it back to the speed we like. It would take even longer with heavy ballast. I have never tried it in RPM mode, but it just does not make sense to me.

The only thing we use speed based mode for is surfing........ I dial up 9.5 mph and we go. The surfing doesn't cause any issues on my boat as for the boat surging. The only time the RPM's lose much speed is doing a tight turn.....we never really do that so it isn't an issue in our case. The speed based setting just seems to be revving up and down and therefore taking away and giving tension on the handle. I know that everyone has their favorite way of doing something.......but we just prefer the constant pull on the handle from the RPM mode. Just my

[da.bell]

Is that what you're supposed to do? WOT? When we engage our Tige SpeedSet we get to speed push set and then give it a little gas.. (what the dealer said) We haven't had any problems with surging but just wondering if taking it to WOT vs. just pushing the throttle down some makes a difference...

Not sure about SpeedSet but I don't see why it would be any different then AccuSet on the throttle. However, I wouldn't suggest WOT but maybe a slight push of the throttle would be best.

[da.bell]

My dealer had no clue how to use, not that it worked on delivery anyway , and no manual was provided. I found some posts on here and that's what seemed to work. I do know that it will surge if you leave the throttle where it is when it engages. You may not have to floor it, but it works for me.

Definitely no manual was included. I had the service department of the dealership that I bought my boat from explain and take me out on the lake to figure it out. I am glad that they knew how to work it but wish there was a manual that was included. But, I would still use the manual if anyone has one for AccuSet.

[chpthril]

Not sure about SpeedSet but I don't see why it would be any different then AccuSet on the throttle. However, I wouldn't suggest WOT but maybe a slight push of the throttle would be best.

Accu-Set is done electronically through the Marine Power ECM via Throttle-By- Wire. No mechanical link to throttle like PP

[da.bell]

Accu-Set is done electronically through the Marine Power ECM via Throttle-By- Wire. No mechanical link to throttle like PP

I would think that the throttle still needs to be pushed beyond the set speed of the throttle. Right????

[zad0030]

Another Thing is if that its a Big guy you probably slammed the throttle down and the time the PP kicked in the engine would have been up to 30, and it pulled the throttle to drop the speed and once it hit the speed it had to speed up again.. and so on.

[FIC]

Your supposed to put the control to almost wide open on either system, for pp if you dont give it wide open it will eventualy burn up the servo which we replace quite a few of ,and on the tige cruise the computor needs to see a wide open command to have room to bring up the throtle in the turns.

[dogbert]

Your supposed to put the control to almost wide open on either system, for pp if you dont give it wide open it will eventualy burn up the servo which we replace quite a few of ,and on the tige cruise the computor needs to see a wide open command to have room to bring up the throtle in the turns.

Good to know.

[talltigeguy]

Your supposed to put the control to almost wide open on either system, for pp if you dont give it wide open it will eventualy burn up the servo which we replace quite a few of ,and on the tige cruise the computor needs to see a wide open command to have room to bring up the throtle in the turns.

Explain how to do that with PP. If I throttle up to speed, and keep opening up the throttle, I can 'override' the PP and get going too fast. My wife has had me wakeboarding at 32MPH many times, it isn't much fun. Maybe if I do it a milimeter at a time...

[zad0030]

Explain how to do that with PP. If I throttle up to speed, and keep opening up the throttle, I can 'override' the PP and get going too fast. My wife has had me wakeboarding at 32MPH many times, it isn't much fun. Maybe if I do it a milimeter at a time...

yeah thats true, we played a trick on my mom we set it and didnt tell her and she just kept pushing the throttle down and the boat would speed up but eventually the PP would bring it back down. And unless your on a narrow river you dont need to increase RPMs too much to hold the speed failry close to what its set to.

[FIC]

You can still throtle up your normal way once pp beeps and settles in you can throw the throttle down and it will stay at its desired speed.

[dogbert]

You can still throtle up your normal way once pp beeps and settles in you can throw the throttle down and it will stay at its desired speed.

That works well for skiing, but it's not all that great for boarding or surfing because you end up going about 2-3 Mph faster than you wanted and it takes longer for PerfectPass to adjust. After some experience, you'll find that you can overrev the RPMs just a bit and you get very predictable results as the PerfectPass will take over before your boat comes up to speed with only minor adjustments to make when that happens. The slower you go and the more weight you have, the worse it is.

[talltigeguy]

You can still throtle up your normal way once pp beeps and settles in you can throw the throttle down and it will stay at its desired speed.

Mine does not do that. I will speed up if I put the throttle down, even once engaged. It has always been that way.

[dogbert]

I can throttle up, to a point, but then eventually PerfectPass takes over and I can never really get to WOT.