2021-08-15, 12:48 AM
I understand, but also when you build yourself you have something usually better that you can fix for cheaper. In the case of pypilot it is going to be a lot cheaper though, unless you get a used system but that is unlikely to be cheaper and it will not be very good.
I dont mean for a power steering pump, although maybe it can work, but actual just electric power steering motor. Ted Coats has this, see his posts on pages 2,3,4
https://forum.openmarine.net/showthread....=ted+coats
I used a motor from F-150 truck but there are only a few models in many vehicles. They are all fairly similar in power. In junkyard here they are $6 each because they have no value since they never burn out no one wants them for parts.
It costs a lot to ship to south pacific except american samoa which is very cheap. So I suggest having redundancy. Even just having extra imu sensors as cheapest option, and since you have many spare pi already you will automatically have the ability to build a complete autopilot backup computer. The regular motor controller I produce can drive wiper motors fine, but larger motors may need the larger controller. I am not sure about the power steering motors current requirements, but I know Ted has the larger motor controller, not sure it is required or not.
I dont mean for a power steering pump, although maybe it can work, but actual just electric power steering motor. Ted Coats has this, see his posts on pages 2,3,4
https://forum.openmarine.net/showthread....=ted+coats
I used a motor from F-150 truck but there are only a few models in many vehicles. They are all fairly similar in power. In junkyard here they are $6 each because they have no value since they never burn out no one wants them for parts.
It costs a lot to ship to south pacific except american samoa which is very cheap. So I suggest having redundancy. Even just having extra imu sensors as cheapest option, and since you have many spare pi already you will automatically have the ability to build a complete autopilot backup computer. The regular motor controller I produce can drive wiper motors fine, but larger motors may need the larger controller. I am not sure about the power steering motors current requirements, but I know Ted has the larger motor controller, not sure it is required or not.