2020-11-15, 08:42 PM
Thanks Sean
Power is not a concern as I am running an engine with an alternator that has plenty of power even at idle.
I will make those adjustments to "I"
interesting about the servo gain, so in calm weather you could reduce this and as the wind or waves pick up increase it? I still cannot find where this is located though? Can someone point me in the right direction? Or maybe the name is slightly different?
Yes I can confirm I set my original heading at 100 deg and then increased it to 120. I felt TP was trying to slowly make the course change but for every few degrees of success it would over correct in the opposite way.
The compass has good calibration. I have gone through great pains to create a nice spot for the IMU it is mounted on the ceiling about 24" from the monitor in the video. I have very little interference from anything, and the imu reading and my onboard compass are usually within 10 degs of one another.
I am curious to see what others are using. I wonder if users would be interested in sharing their gain settings to create a chart. We could very quickly start see a range of what works, we could include boat size and type etc.
I think the current basic autopilot gains is fine, I just think we all would benefit if we better understood what each one does and what works for others. To me at least they are somewhat of a black box, and I always regret making adjustments because I can never seem to get it back to where it was.
Power is not a concern as I am running an engine with an alternator that has plenty of power even at idle.
I will make those adjustments to "I"
interesting about the servo gain, so in calm weather you could reduce this and as the wind or waves pick up increase it? I still cannot find where this is located though? Can someone point me in the right direction? Or maybe the name is slightly different?
Yes I can confirm I set my original heading at 100 deg and then increased it to 120. I felt TP was trying to slowly make the course change but for every few degrees of success it would over correct in the opposite way.
The compass has good calibration. I have gone through great pains to create a nice spot for the IMU it is mounted on the ceiling about 24" from the monitor in the video. I have very little interference from anything, and the imu reading and my onboard compass are usually within 10 degs of one another.
I am curious to see what others are using. I wonder if users would be interested in sharing their gain settings to create a chart. We could very quickly start see a range of what works, we could include boat size and type etc.
I think the current basic autopilot gains is fine, I just think we all would benefit if we better understood what each one does and what works for others. To me at least they are somewhat of a black box, and I always regret making adjustments because I can never seem to get it back to where it was.