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Yup, I’ve been quite pleased. Since designing this a guy has come up with a more sophisticated version of you’re interested in paying $140. Look up Tim Percy. My other vid on the channel shows the final design

Awesome. Just so you know, it’s still working great and I still have all the original components from that other video setup. I had it out yesterday for 5 hours without any issues. Only thing that has failed is the cheap Torqeedo steering triangle that is a very common failure point in these motors. I highly recommend the aluminum version sold by innovative sportsman.

@@ryanfrost7027 awesome. BTW, what's the diameter of the disc?

Hi Chris! Wonderful to hear from you, how’s life on your end? Enjoy your weekend! ❤

NP! I'll admit I never tried that exact solution. It may work, but I'm a bit skeptical. The first version of this (not show on either video, though described a bit in the first one) was the same handle but a plastic bar at the aft end that the two steering lines connected to (6 inches apart or so). It's hard to describe the problem if you don't mess around with the steering line geometry a bit, but I found I got undesirable slack when turning that way. Again, connecting to a drum may solve it. I may actually give it a shot in the garage to see. But I gave up the first version and tried using an interrupted loop system and found it worked waaay better.

@@ryanfrost7027 That is gonna be my first prototype. I always want as simple as possible and can add a pulley or ? if it does not work. Thanks for your responses and input.

Greetings from Scotland! I have exactly the same question. All the hand steering kits I have seen online have a knob on a pulley, and two lines coming out the back that lead to the trolling motor. None of them have the pulley system. So, bereft of having an engineering degree I guess I'm trying to get my head around that too! P.S. I in the process of fitting an NK-180S to a Point 65 Tequila Solo kayak. Ryan, if you are reading this, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. And David, thank you for asking the question!

@@tartanrambo I think it would probably work alright without the additional pulley. That said, the pulley keeps it so that the control lines are tight to the side of the boat, which they won't be if you run the control lines one on either side of the black drum. I also will note I didn't experiment with the diameter of the drum. All of those little things matter a bit when it comes to controlling all of that torque and getting a steering system that doesn't wander too much with your hand away from it. I'm confident you or Dave could probably develop a system that's a little better! But I actually just came back from a 10-mile trip 2 days ago where I was using it all the time, and it's great. If you want to be able to use your motor whenever you want and leave it in the water all day while STILL being able to steer your boat when using the mirage drive, hand-controlled steering is the only way to do this.

Hi David, I’m running both on the same side. They each terminate on either side of the white handle around a small screw. FYI, I’ve since rebuilt this using black marine grade HDPE (starboard) and it’s a really nice solution. Still fiddling a bit with tensions and such but I really like it. BTW I’m amazed you put this behemoth on an outback, is the stern staying out of the water with all that weight?

@@ryanfrost7027 I used 3/4" starboard to raise up the motor bracket. That along with some weight distribution to the front and it is fine. Any additional pics of your setup would ne nice. Why did you make a wooden pulley?

@@davidwolf7351 that was sort of the beta version 2.0 as I was trying different concepts out. Version 3.0 which is almost entirely unchanged except for materials which I have stuck with now works really well....will try to get some more pics for you

@@ryanfrost7027 Thanks for the help

oh yes.

@@ryanfrost7027 sick! I been wanting to go here and catch some pike