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I just purchased a FLIR MD-625 with joystick for $4k and it came with a $500 mail in rebate, the installation is around $1k. It's scheduled to be installed this month or next month. Don't have any experience with it yet but where I boat along with the tinted glass windshield I can't see anything at night.
Actually I don't use it very often. I have had it on at night on occasion. I am most always at significantly reduced speeds at night which is where FLIR is most applicable.
Challenge I have with it is you have to really be watching the screen for it to be valuable. Between normal visual awareness of surroundings, Radar, and Chart Plotter - I found it distracting.
I could see some definite applications - MOB. Or if I was cruising up a narrow channel, watching for obstacles.
Mark
Not sure how its a distraction, I would think it's reassurance. I have dual E120 displays, my thought is to have radar and gps slip on one screen and FLIR on the other.
AIS is one of the best tools I've invested. Based on my cruising, it's a perfect nav aid.
Going back to the point of FLIR requiring a captain being more involved, it goes very much hand in hand with the basic rule of night cruising. Don't outrun your vision. If you slow down to displacement speed, you'll be surprized how everything changes. You're a lot more relaxed, as you'll have plenty of time to react and diagest the information you're receiving from all of your devices. It will allow you to spend a little more time operating the FLIR, move it around, zoom in/out. You will have the time to analize radar targets and see details of AIS targets.
My helm provides me with the info from 5 different "displays". Two of my E120s have split screens providing different data and the iPad is playing a role of 3rd MFD or "5th screen". I'd love to have another MFD, but my helm doesn't have a room and I'm not convinced that adding one on a Pod is necessary.
Alex how much does it cost for a tour of "Inspiration" It is SOOO going to be our next model craft!