2020-02-06, 01:06 AM
(2020-02-06, 12:12 AM)ddelorme Wrote: My experience with Linear actuators on my light tanzer26 is a marine pilot 1500 is fine when it is not too gusty as it is a little slow to correct. I have used it in up 25knt winds with caution. It all depends on your size of your boat. I believe a marine pilot 1500 takes about 10 sec or more from end to end. Its thrust is about 135lbs max.
I have a broken autohelm 800 with a good motor i am thinking of using. it has a bit more power. How do you post pictures on this site?
It depends on your boat.
I cant find any link to that actuator with a google search, the actuator I linked has roughly twice the thrust of the pelagic unit and a significantly faster speed, most importantly it is available at reasonable cost in Australia. The cost for the pelagic unit here is $335 plus freight from US with a 6 week delay before postage, the Firgelli unit is $180 and $20 local postage with no lead time.
The pelagic website in their FAQ states that the actuator is good for up 38ft boat length but does not state what rudder type or load.
The boat this is planned for is a Holland 30 (fin keel, spade rudder). I thought that with twice the thrust I should be ok but I don't really know.
I have no experience with pypilot or electronic control systems for electric motors etc (diesel fitter with some programming experience and a decent knowledge of basic dc electrics)
so most of the posts here that are littered with acronyms might as well be kanji to me.
Mike