[C320-list] Wheel pilot and Crazy Ivans

[Karl Mielenhausen _/)]

Paul & Gary,

At some point, I assembled this list:
http://pages.suddenlink.net/kmielen/C320Docs/Autohelm.htm

If you have something different that works, let me know.
When I hear back, I'll post to the C320IA website.

Karl



On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:09:39 -0500, Magnuson's Time A Weigh  
<gary.magnuson at frontier.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
Karl Mielenhausen
Catalina 320 Hull 690