Daddyo
Guru
We have a Standard Horizon feeding our Raymarine X0 corepack a ST70 color control head and best of all the remote control which is cheaper then a second control head for the flybridge. The system drives our boat better then I can.
I am not sure I totally understand your answer. I was thinking that rudder feedback meant that it turned the actual helm wheel or not. Wrong?
Would the VDO rudder position sensor I have give it the info it needs without having to run new wires from the flybridge to the rudder box?
...I'd like to hear what members think about Garmins philosophy of looking elsewhere for the control of the boat outside of rudder position feedback. Anything one can eliminate in the mechanicals that can wear out or fail would be a positive, but how would such a system behave with air or low fluid?
All things equal, would it work harder or easier than a system based on rudder feedback. Since the rudders take hits from current and other things in the water, would Garmins technology allow less impulsive reactivity in the system to adjust? I find this a very interesting approach that, just like flying by wire, its time may have come,
That looks just like my Comnav.
It is a 1420 built by Comnav with a different control pendant, SiTex labels, and a larger price tag.
I beg to differ, Sir. ComNav didn't start making autopilots until 1982. Si-Tex has been doing it since 1975.
I beg to differ, Sir. ComNav didn't start making autopilots until 1982. Si-Tex has been doing it since 1975.
I don't like using AP in tight quarters, that is, anything but open ocean water. Personally, I don't like setting it to the GPS either, except for very long legs,(several hours) if then. I need to stay engaged and prefer to make the little course corrections due to current, wind, whatever myself. APs have caused a lot of accidents by careless skippers, including hitting the day mark used as a way point when set to the GPS.
Remember, the plotter presents you with a somewhat accurate theory, not necessarily a reality. Buoys go off station, day marks get destroyed, boats sink, shoals develop, and so on. And where you are on the plotter is not necessarily where you are in actuality.
It won't steer me to Alaska, will it? I hate the cold!
It has steered me to Alaska once. Maybe could do the same for you. Get a heater.
The model I have is the Commander P2. This was the model recommended by my local distributor. This is the web site:
ComNav
Click on the Commander P2. Can I make it any easier for you? Check out web sites selling it for prices. I bought mine about 5 years ago and have had no problems.
Ron