In general, yes they all work the same. The wheel drive is a bit of a special case though. My ancient AH-4000 has a current limiting circuit to keep from burning the motor out. It has no rudder angle limiter, so it will try and turn the wheel past hard over. I always assumed that adapting another autopilot system to an AutoHelm/Raytheon wheel drive would require a rudder angle sensor to keep the system from going too far and burning the motor out. The Pelagic does have a rudder angle input, so maybe it does that.
Joe Coquina From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Burton via CnC-List Sent: Friday, November 16, 2018 8:03 AM To: [email protected] Cc: Andrew Burton Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Stus-List Pelagic Autopilot I think the drive units operate similarly. I have a new B&G pilot using an old Raymarine drive. It works just fine. Andy Andrew Burton 139 Tuckerman Ave Middletown, RI USA 02842 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Nov 16, 2018, at 07:56, Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: https://pelagicautopilot.com/ I just ran across this and it looks interesting. They claim to be able to drive various inboard hydraulic systems and wheel drives besides for their own tiller drive. Joe Coquina _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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