Sea Trial - Simrad AP27 Manual

Simrad AP26 and AP27 Autopilots
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Sea Trial

The Sea Trial must always be performed in open waters at a
Caution !
safe distance from other traffic.
The Sea-trial menu can only be accessed if the Dockside Settings
are completed and confirmed.
The seatrial settings are:
• Rudder zero adjust (To tell the autopilot the precise midships
• Minimum rudder
• Compass calibration (To automatically compensate for
• Compass Offset (To compensate for a fixed offset (A-error) in
• Wind Offset (To compensate for a fixed mechanical offset of
• Wind Damping (To avoid flickering on the wind display)
• Depth offset (To compensate for the distance between the
• Automatic tuning (A method of determining the steering
• Transition speed (the speed at which you want a power boat to
• Init NAV (to set the response you prefer when steering onto a
• Drive output adjust (See Dockside Rudder Test page 90.)
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position of the rudder)
onboard magnetic interference)
the final compass heading readout)
the Wind vane)
depth transducer and the surface if required)
parameters)
change steering parameters)
track in NAV mode)
Select Seatrial
pressing the
button and confirm by
rotating the course knob
clock-wise.
by
STBD
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