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Autopilot
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Components
Autopilot Display, Sonic Heading Gyro, Autopilot Computer and
Rudder Angle Sensor
installation:
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#24 00 00
€1'753.99
Web price €1'578.59
#25 00 00 €2'323.81 (w/ Gyro + Magnetic Heading Sensor)
Web price €2'091.43
A Heading Gyro is the compass of
this autopilot. To avoid long term drifting due to earth rotation or
gyro drift, a
magnetic heading sensor or a GPS can be
added, to align the gyro,
10% reduction for
Tecnautic
Direct orders: Send e-mail with boat details!
Autopilot Display
# 23 10 10
Heading mode, Track mode, NAV mode, LAND mode, Hover mode, Anchor mode and - for sailboats - Apparent and True Wind mode, including tack and jibe maneuvers.
An analog LED-pointer shows rudder angle around the face of the display. The upper half has yellow and red LED's for Autopilot mode indication.
The digital LCD displays actual and selected
heading or ground track, apparent or true wind angle, cross track error and
distance or course to next way point and selected speed (with engines in
Speed mode) or length of the virtual Anchor Line, when in Anchor mode.
The NAV mode is used for en-route navigation: the Autopilot will smoothly track the programmed route
of a GPS or plotter with an accuracy of
0.01NM (20m
or 65ft).
The LAND mode can be used for narrow approaches in
confined waters when an accurate GPS or plotter is available. LAND mode can be
selected out of NAV mode and keeps the boat within 0.002NM (4m or 13ft) of
the planned track.
An active waypoint can be armed for an automatic stop. The vessel will
automatically slow down and enter the Anchor or Hover Mode, when approaching
the armed waypoint (electronic throttles required).
On sail boats, hands-off tacks and jibes are executed with utmost precision and
elegance in true and apparent wind mode.
Autopilot Display: € 616.95 Web price € 555.25
Sonic
Heading Gyro
# 91 02 05
The Sonic Heading Gyro is the heart of the system. It is a light weight and maintenance free electronic Gyro Compass, manufactured and steadily improved by TECNAUTIC since 1992. Rough seas and rapid motion will not cause errors. The Sonic Heading Gyro is connected either to a display unit or to an electronic steering wheel. The gyro can be slewed to magnetic north by a magnetic sensor or by a GPS. This feature is especially useful on vessels, where a magnetic compass cannot work reliably. For boat stabilization without navigational information, the gyro can be used without compass or GPS, for example in Joystick Mode or in Wind Mode.
Gyro: € 322.97 Web price € 290.67
H2183 Compass
# 91 01 06
H2183 Compass: € 626.48 Web price € 563.83
An existing NMEA Compass can also be used instead of the H2183 to slew the gyro
# 810302
Ultrasonic Wind Sensor
with Compass
The AirmarŪ PB200 Ultrasonic
Wind Sensor has no moving parts and comes together with a built in GPS receiver, a
Magnetic Heading-Sensor, an Inclinometer and an air pressure and temperature
sensor, all in the same housing. Data are transmitted by the sensor in NMEA
format and are shown on the Cockpit displays or - with the included "WeatherCaster" software
- on a PC screen.
Sensor # 810302:
€ 1'023.15 Web Price €
920.83
Mast Cable 15m: € 102.02 Web Price
€ 91.82
Autopilot Computer
(Drive Box)
#230100
It makes use of an already installed Autopilot Rudder Drive or any new rudder drive.
It connects to the CAN-Bus cable with RJ-45 connectors which can be installed with a simple crimp tool, if custom wiring is selected. Standard cables have connectors already installed.
A reversible rudder motor and its battery are both connected to the Autopilot Computer. So is the electric By-Pass-Valve of a linear hydraulic actuator or the electric clutch of a mechanical actuator.
The same Autopilot Computer can drive a non reversing pump and associated switch-over valves or proportional valves for rudders and thrusters.
Two Autopilot Computers can be installed on the same data bus to drive two pumps, either alternating or parallel, in an augmentation mode, where the second pump starts only when a higher rudder speed is needed.
With two independent rudders or Drives and when in Docking Mode, the boxes will produce individual rudder or Drive angles, as needed according the situation and determined by its software.
Drive Box: € 633.51 Web price € 570.16Rudder Angle Sensor #23 00 06 € 141.61 Web price € 127.45
Sealed Rudder Angle Sensor #230003 (instead of standard version # 230006)
All metal design. Connecting rod and ball joints included.
€ 361.89 Web price € 325.70
Option:
Fly-By-Wire
Steering Wheel
Steering Wheel
#231000 € 550.70
Web price € 495.63
Joystick #23 08 00
Operating modes:
• Turn-Rate Mode: the steering wheel
or Joystick
rotation selects the turn rate of the vessel, not the
rudder angle. With the wheel in the center detent, the heading will
be held. Rudders and eventually Thrusters are used automatically by the Autopilot Computer. This is the principal
operating mode.
• Servo Mode: rudder position is controlled by
the wheel. The rudder follows the wheel movement, same as in a
mechanical steering system. This is a simple mode, which does not require a
Heading Gyro installed.
• NAV or LAND Mode: a programmed course or route, as
set in a GPS or plotter, will be intercepted and followed.
• Speed Mode:
For fishing, towing or surveying, select the boat speed or Ground Speed you need.
• Hover Mode:
The boat will hold its present position or sail to and acquire a new active waypoint by use of engines and thrusters,
while a selected heading or wind angle will be maintained at the same time.
• In Anchor mode the boat's bow
or stern seems attached to a
virtual buoy (on the GPS), which is set by pressing a button on the
Joystick. Virtual Line length can be fed with the Joystick. This mode does
not require sideways motion.
• Joystick Mode: Forget
complicated shift, throttle and steering wheel combinations in close-quarter
maneuvering. Simply move and rotate the Joystick in the direction you want
your boat to move. Much easier than the traditional way!
Up to eight Fly-By-Wire Steering Wheels or Joysticks can be connected, up to 200 m / 700 ft apart.
Joystick 3-axis stand-alone CAN-Bus version #23 08 00 € 871.18 Web price € 784.06
Remote Version (shown with two throttle levers)
A mobile (remote) Steering Wheel on a 6m / 20ft telephone cord is available as an alternative to the standard panel mounted unit.
Remote Versions:
Steering Wheel #231005 € 728.74
Web price € 655.87
Steering Wheel, 1 throttle lever, 2 Toggles #230906 € 828.12
Web price € 745.31
Steering Wheel, 2 throttle levers, 2 Toggles #230907 € 902.65
Web price € 812.38
| The autopilot must be completed with a pre
installed or a new autopilot rudder drive. Either mechanical or hydraulic drives may be
connected. TECNAUTIC can supply you
various models of linear
actuators and pumps (reversible and continuous running pumps) according our list from
leading hydraulic manufacturers. But any other drive will work equally well.
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The autopilot may work even with a slow rudder drive (like 10 seconds from full port to full starboard), since there is no reaction time to be added from the Sonic Heading Gyro. But a faster rudder will always be preferable, the faster the better, like a human helmsman. |