Raytheon Electronics ST6000 Plus Owner's Handbook Manual page 6

Autopilot

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ST6000 Plus Autopilot Control Unit Owner's Handbook

2.6 Data pages ................................................................. 11

Chapter 3: Advanced Operation ......................................... 13

3.1 Operation in Track mode .......................................... 13

Initiating Track mode ................................................ 13

Automatic acquisition .......................................... 14

Manual acquisition .............................................. 15

Cross track error ........................................................ 16

Tidal stream compensation ........................................ 16

Waypoint arrival and advance ................................... 17

Advance ............................................................... 18

Dodges ....................................................................... 18

Initiating a dodge manoeuvre .............................. 18

Cancelling a dodge manoeuvre ............................ 18

Safety ......................................................................... 18

Verifying computed positions .............................. 19

Plot frequency ...................................................... 19

Setting waypoints ................................................. 19

General ................................................................ 19

Selecting Vane mode ................................................. 20

Adjusting the locked wind angle ............................... 20

Dodges ....................................................................... 21

Wind shift alarm ........................................................ 22

Using AutoTack in Vane mode .................................. 22

Operating hints .......................................................... 23

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