[C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans

[Magnuson's Time A Weigh]

Paul,
Would you be willing to share those settings?  I have owned our 1995 model 
for three years now and it has always done the crazy Ivan's.  I am not sure 
that I have messed with any of the settings. Does everyone run through the 
setup process every season?


Thanks,
Gary Magnuson
Time A Weigh # 205

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul" <pjaarch at verizon.net>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 8:53 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans


> Mine also started doing that at the beginning of last year.  As it turns 
> out, some of the settings in the setup had changed over the winter.  I 
> contacted a friend and he gave me his settings.  Works perfectly now.
>
> Paul Adison
> C320 "Rough Draft"
> #722
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: R.G. Miller
> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 12:43 AM
> To: c320-list at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans
>
>
> Hi Alan;
> Mine started doing that a number of years ago after not doing it for  a 
> few years. Swore there was something wrong with the unit. Turned out that 
> the fridge was going on and off more than before and that was affecting 
> the compass. Moved the compass further away (ahead of the water tank) and 
> never had the problem again.
>
> RG Miller
> Pretender #197
>
>
>> From: goodmanalanlee at hotmail.com
>> To: c320-list at lists.catalina320.com
>> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:01:14 -0500
>> Subject: [C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans
>>
>>
>> Hi folks. Like most of us, I have a ST4000+ wheel autopilot. Problem is 
>> it is very prone to doing 'crazy ivans' (reference from Tom Clancy's Hunt 
>> for Red October). I have tested the flux compass following RM's 
>> diagnostic guidelines and it checks out ok. I don't think my set up has a 
>> 'course computer, just a 'control head' ... does this make sense? Could 
>> this be an electrical supply problem (short, broken wire?). Anyone with 
>> any insight? I don't want to have to replace the whole system if it is an 
>> easy fix or just one bad component. Anyone have an old but working 
>> control head and/or compass ... I would like to use the 'swap and test' 
>> method, versus paying for expensive technician time to trouble shoot with 
>> test equipment. Happy to pay 'rental fees' for these components and 
>> outright purchase the parts that fix my problem. Any thoughts from the 
>> forum? Alan Hull #67 Holland, MI
>>
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