Rate of Turn Setting
- Thread starter Quitsa
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If you have a large boat, it would be best to update to the newest software that offers new settings to deal with large boats that have single screws that tend to be harder to steer. The new software has done wonders for many Nordhavn Yachts and like.
jp498
Furuno Super Fan
If you have to do a big turn (say 60 degrees) to follow a route, it smooths out the turn instead of tossing you out of your seat when you hit the route waypoint at speed. 5 degree per second setting; it would take at least 12 seconds to do the turn. Rate of turn is also an output so that AIS can broadcast it, etc...
For wandering, the software update would be easy, but also check the basics like the linkage to the rudder feedback is not sloppy, the rudder isn't loose and it's shaft is moving around where it shouldn't, After the basics are set and dockside is done again, then the last step would be to move to sat compass for heading.
For wandering, the software update would be easy, but also check the basics like the linkage to the rudder feedback is not sloppy, the rudder isn't loose and it's shaft is moving around where it shouldn't, After the basics are set and dockside is done again, then the last step would be to move to sat compass for heading.
Quitsa
Furuno Super Fan
I already have an SCX-20 satellite compass for heading source and my rudders have no play. The issue is related to how the autopilot steers. Sometimes it will stay within 5 yards of a course line in NAV mode, sometimes it will get more than 20 yards off before initiating a correction and then overcorrect to the other side of the track. It is not consistent, which makes it hard to diagnose. When I steer manually, I have no trouble staying very tight to the course line with very few steering motions. But that isn't a lot of fun running 100 miles each way out to the canyons to fish.
I will figure out how to install the new unit software and see if it makes a difference as Johnny suggested.
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