That would be great if my worries are unfounded because it would save a lot of work. :) But I'm not so sure. Generally I like to defer to the advice of the manufacturer - they're the designers, the experts, the engineers, after all. Of course, I think Edson is being overly conservative to cover their butts. But it is true that losing steering could very well be catastrophic.
And of the boats that have installed direct to quadrant, I don't know what kind of conditions they've been tested in. It's possible they've never reached peak thrust. Bob do you have any pictures of your autopilot install? I searched your blog but I think it's not on there (it's from before the blog). -Patrick > >
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