Gerritt Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Mercury Marine to become the exclusive provider of power steering for tiller handle outboard engines (Oct 02, 2007) - FOND DU LAC, Wis. - Mercury Marine and EngineSteer have agreed to an arrangement that grants Mercury Marine exclusive rights to the patent for applying power steering to outboard tiller handles. With this new agreement, Mercury Marine will become the only provider of power steering tiller handles for outboard engines. The power steering system will utilize many common parts currently used with Verado and OptiMax engines such as cylinders, hoses and the power steering pump. Tim Merten, spokesperson for EngineSteer, believes Mercury Marine will become a dominate player in the (tiller handle) market by offering power steering for large outboard engines. "EngineSteer is proud to partner with Mercury Marine in bringing this product to the market," Merten said. This agreement follows another recent announcement. In June, Mercury announced that it will soon begin production of three new tiller handles designed for large outboard engines, including 75-115 hp Mercury FourStroke outboards, 75-250 hp OptiMax outboards and 135-200 hp four-cylinder Verado Digital Throttle & Shift (DTS) outboards. The new power steering tiller handle allows for adjustable steering pressure with the touch of a finger and has zero engine feedback while steering the boat. A bypass valve allows the outboard to be manually steered when the engine is not running. "These zero-feedback tiller handles will provide a great advantage to fisherman with large outboard engines," said Mike Reilley, product manager for Mercury Control and Rigging Systems. "We are excited to form this partnership with EngineSteer." The new tiller handle will be available through any authorized Mercury dealer beginning in January of 2008. Merc's news release G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 Thats so cool. ..i think now you will see alot more big walleye boats with large hp,will switch,as i know all about the tourque on a tiller engine as mine is a tiller too....its the best way to go for imediate engine control and split second changes all the top walleye pros in the states are almost all gone to the tillers in their boatsman that would be so cool to have a 200hp verado tiller with power steering....thanks for sharing that great news from mercury....cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 What for? Who in their right mind would want a nasty ol' tiller anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 What for? Who in their right mind would want a nasty ol' tiller anyway? Ditto... Console all the way!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 LOL tillers are for geezers, I use a Captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 that would be so cool to have a 200hp verado tiller with power steering AHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOT,but feel free to test drive one full out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 ooooooooooooooooooooooo I want one of those! A lot of you guys know my address....Christmas is coming....hint hint.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taper Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 AHHHHHHHHHHHHH NOT,but feel free to test drive one full out for me. But we gotta be there to get pictures when it goes all wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinker Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 Just one more thing to go wrong on a merc...... There is very little torque on a tiller if its set up right. I took a 115 merc tiller, for a rip, on a 20 foot lund......what a boat that was......my dream rig! Sinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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