How To Stop Or Modify Already Enabled Route Turn - Furuno FEA-2107-BB Operator's Manual

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30.4.9

How to stop or modify already enabled route turn

There are two reasons that an automatic route turn must be stopped or modified.
The turn cannot be performed up to the final value.
The turn which the ship is to perform goes outside of the planned turn. ( Too fast or too slow.).
Stop the turn
To stop a turn, change the steering mode from "RC" to "HAND" on the steering control unit.
Modify a turn
What do you want to do
Use a different final value
for set course
Compensate too fast
turning
Compensate too slow
turning
How to do
When you change the steering mode from "RC" to "AUTO", a turn is continued
according to the RATE control set to follow the planned turn. Below is what you can
do:
Use the Course setting knob to set a new value for set course.
When you set a new course, a new turn is RATE controlled using the RATE limit
set in the Autopilot control unit.
When changing the steering mode from "RC" to "AUTO", turn is continued according
to the RATE control to follow the planned turn. Below is what you can do:
Set the steering wheel to a suitable angle to continue with a larger radius (i.e.
smaller rudder angle than before). Then, change from "AUTO" to "HAND".
Continue manual steering or
Set steering wheel to suitable angle to continue approximately larger radius (i.e.
smaller rudder angle than before). Then change directly from "RC" to "HAND".
Continue manual steering.
When changing steering mode from "RC" to "AUTO", turn is continued in RATE
control to follow planned turn. Below is what you can do:
Set steering wheel to suitable angle to continue approximately smaller radius (i.e.
higher rudder angle than before). Then change from "AUTO" to "HAND".
Continue manual steering or
Set steering wheel to suitable angle to continue approximately smaller radius (i.e.
higher rudder angle than before). Then change directly from "RC" to "HAND".
Continue manual steering.
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