Bennett Marine AutoTrimPro Installation & User Manual page 25

3. Planing Angle Set-up
The planing angle is used to
determine that the vessel is on plane.
The trim tabs will be deployed to
varying degrees while the boat is
planing to improve the boat's attitude
in roll and pitch. The planing angle
is not necessarily the target position
that the boat will be maintained at,
rather it is an identifier to tell the
system that the boat is in the planing
mode. If the boat's pitch angle drops
below the planing angle, the system
will automatically retract the tabs.
If the boat's pitch angle is above
the planing angle, the system will
automatically control the trim tabs.
To set the planing angle:
The planing angle should be set in
relatively calm water. Put the trim
tabs to a half-down position and
carefully run the boat at it's fastest
safe speed to set the planing angle.
When the boat has settled into a
steady pitch position, and a steady
speed, wait approximately 15
seconds to ensure the boat has settled
on plane, then press and hold the
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System Set Up:
Angle Set-up
Moon and FAV2 buttons for 5
seconds (or longer which will
calculate the average measurement
during that span of time). This will
set the planing angle.
Once the buttons are released, the
system will flash all four corner
LEDs to indicate that a setting has
been made.
Caution: The boat may be
temporarily very over-trimmed in
this attitude and have a potential to
bow steer during the set-up only.
This is not the target position, but
rather a procedure to set the limits of
the operation range of the trim tabs.
You are now finished with
the one-time Angle Set-up
procedure and will not need to
perform this set-up again. To
set or activate either FAV setting,
see the "Using Automatic Mode"
section on page 37.
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