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C h a p t e r 2 : C o m m i s s i o n i n g
T o a d j u s t t h e r u d d e r g a i n :
1 . A c c e s s t h e
2 . U s e t h e
3 . P r e s s a n d h o l d
4 . P r e s s
a u t o
A d j u s t i n g t h e c o u n t e r r u d d e r
I f y o u i n t e n d t o u s e
y o u w i l l n e e d t o a d j u s t t h e c o u n t e r r u d d e r .
C o u n t e r r u d d e r i s t h e a m o u n t o f r u d d e r t h e S m a r t P i l o t a p p l i e s t o t r y t o p r e v e n t t h e
b o a t f r o m y a w i n g o f f c o u r s e . H i g h e r c o u n t e r r u d d e r s e t t i n g s r e s u l t i n m o r e r u d d e r
b e i n g a p p l i e d .
T o c h e c k t h e c o u n t e r r u d d e r s e t t i n g :
R E S P O N S E
1 . S e t
2 . M o t o r y o u r b o a t a t c r u i s i n g s p e e d i n c l e a r w a t e r
3 . P r e s s
a u t o
c h a n g e :
• w h e n g a i n a n d c o u n t e r r u d d e r a r e b o t h s e t c o r r e c t l y , t h e b o a t p e r f o r m s a
s m o o t h c o n t i n u o u s t u r n w i t h m i n i m a l o v e r s h o o t
• i f t h e c o u n t e r r u d d e r i s t o o l o w , t h e b o a t w i l l s t i l l o v e r s h o o t
• i f c o u n t e r r u d d e r i s t o o h i g h , t h e b o a t w i l l ' f i g h t ' t h e t u r n a n d m a k e a
s e r i e s o f s h o r t , s h a r p t u r n s : t h i s r e s u l t s i n a v e r y ' m e c h a n i c a l ' f e e l a s t h e
b o a t c h a n g e s c o u r s e
Rudder gain
too low
Rudder gain
too high
R U D D G A I N
s c r e e n i n D e a l e r C a l i b r a t i o n .
1
o r
+ 1
k e y s t o a d j u s t t h e r u d d e r g a i n .
s t a n d b y
f o r 2 s e c o n d s t o s a v e t h e c h a n g e s .
t o c h e c k S m a r t P i l o t p e r f o r m a n c e i n A u t o m o d e .
R E S P O N S E
l e v e l 3 ( t h e t i g h t e s t p o s s i b l e c o u r s e k e e p i n g ) ,
t o l e v e l 3 ( s e e
p a g e 3 2
t o s w i t c h t h e S m a r t P i l o t t o A u t o m o d e , t h e n m a k e a 9 0 ° c o u r s e
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