Perfect pass
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Perfect Pass is a digital precision speed controls system used to control boat speed, used on high performance water ski and wakeboard boats. It has been the dominate leader in the speed control market for competitive water sports since it's conception in 1995. The wide spread use of Perfect Pass in the the Ski Boat Industry, has resulted in colloquial usage Perfect Pass in reference to similar speed controls products[citation needed]. It is commonly compared to Cruise control systems in cars.
A Perfect Pass system has been used in breaking and setting every water ski World Record.[1]
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[edit] Products
Perfect Pass supplies three speed control systems. The Wakeboard Pro model is designed to maintain speed for wakeboarding and is their top selling model. The Digital Pro is designed as a speed control for 3-event water skiing and wakeboarding. The Perfect Pass Cruise model is for recreational use.
[edit] Design
Perfect Pass is a closed loop speed control system that maintains speed by using input settings to control many external variables such as crew and rider weight, wind adjustment, and rpm.
[edit] Competitors
Perfect Pass has virtually no competition in the high performance speed control market, with the exception of the start up Zero Off company which uses GPS satellite technology to control speed and boat path information, using an open loop system that does not require the multiple variable adjustments of Perfect Pass.
[edit] Sources
- ^ "2007Tournament Water Ski Rules, Edited by: Robert K. Corson, Chairman of the IWSF Tournament Council, Retrieved on: November 28, 2006, Version 1.0
