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+--- Thread: rudder position after hand steering (/showthread.php?tid=1456)
rudder position after hand steering - Saqqara - 2018-09-03
I am using the wheel drive from an Autohelm 4000. There is a little lever to engage and disengage the motor for hand steering. It merely snugs up or loosens the belt. I assume that the old autopilot never knew where the rudder was except when at the stop from feedback from the straining motor. There is no sensor or end switches.
If I calibrate the rudder in pypilot, and then disengage to hand steer and then reengage, the autopilot won't be aware of where it is anyway, right?
RE: rudder position after hand steering - seandepagnier - 2018-09-06
It will only be aware of the rudder position if you have a rudder feedback sensor. In this case, it won't matter if you are hand steering or not.
RE: rudder position after hand steering - Saqqara - 2018-09-06
Is that a requirement or will the controller just work fine in that state of ignorance, as the Autohelm did?
RE: rudder position after hand steering - seandepagnier - 2018-09-06
It works fine. Try it for yourself. If you turn the rudder a lot and engage the autopilot, it will take time to correct but this would be making it difficult on the autopilot on purpose.