GPS max speed ??
 

I have a hand held GPS. When I'm going WOT I see 67.3 on the speed. Never any higher. But the max speed says 73.3. It was reset before going out. And I looked at it before the drive home with the boat on the trailer. What is going on? What do I believe. I think the 67.3 but the other would be nice.

Russ

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I have seen instances on my old Garmin dash mounted unit where the speeds jump up a bit when skipping across the tops of waves for some reason. I think its probably due to the GPS aquiring satalite signals and dropping others as you move. My old scarab never didi better then 70.3 on a steady GPS run but ive seen the speed jump to 73.8 before for a sec. :D

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i have had mine spike before too , usually about 3 mph

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Mine did that this weekend where i seen alittle over 80 and checked the garmin and it said 87.3 as max speed and i reset it before we put in.i think i'm using my garmin instead. :D

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LET ME BORROW IT! :drink:

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I trade you garmin for otis.you get one run and i get one run,unless its about otis then you get 2 runs with it. :evilb:

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YOU BETTER HAVE BATTERIES FOR THE GARMIN AND HER! :eek: :D:

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I also have seen the same thing,, The best my 32' Skater will do is 102-103,,, you can imagine the grin on my face when I hit the recall and saw 111,,,,, not on its best day, running with the wind at the stern, in a lightning storm, and 104 octane racing fuel will this boat go 111.... I have told a few people not to believe their GPS when a absurd reading shows up,,, but the answer always is "I know GPS is always dead on, so I believe my 80 MPH boat really did run 95 this afternoon" I have seen more then (1) spike on GPS, my advice,, Know your boat, then interpret the GPS,, BTW, this is why "Kilo" records would only be recorded on a measured course, with timing equipt. never GPS verified.

Philip

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my outlaw will run a best of 71 gps. one day i went for a ride and hit 70.3 came back and my father wanted to go for a ride. he came back and i asked what his top end was and he told me he didnt check so i looked at it and it read 85.6. i was like "holy $hit"

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so dad showed you how it's done :D: :D: