Truly. As I found out last year when passing through a bridge. Some magnetic interference probably caused by cables crossing the channel caused my wheel pilot to turn sharply to port. Had I not quickly disengaged it, it could have been ugly.
Dennis C. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 11, 2015, at 10:42 AM, David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > To drill down a wee bit deeper vis a vis autopilots and interfaces. Call me > a Luddite, but I have never been a fan of plotters directly (or blindly) > feeding autopilots when there are strong variables (wind, current, etc) > involved. I like to be the interface so I know what is going on in case all > the electronics goes down. > > And they will. > > At the worst possible time. > > David F. Risch > 1980-40-2 > (401) 419-4650
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