[C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot

[Graeme Clark]

In my case I went the whole hog. It was a package deal. Ram, control head, rudder sensor, heading sensor and computer. 

The heading sensor also senses heave, surge, sway, pitch, roll and yaw and these indicate the start of a deviation king before heading alone, allowing the a/p to make good early corrections

Typical example is a following quartering sea. The stern lifts then starts to fall down the wave. King before any significant change in heading is seen the a/p will start to correct

Hope this helps

Graeme

Sent from my phone. Excuse typos! 

> On 20 Apr 2021, at 20:08, islgirl3 at aol.com wrote:
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> Did you install an entire new autopilot, or did you just add the ram and remove the wheel?
> Barbara Rita, 897Rich Nuzzolo
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Burti <clburti at gmail.com>
> To: 320 <C320-List at catalina320.com>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 20, 2021 3:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Raymarine Wheeldrive Autopilot
> 
> There likely is  excess friction in your system. In our case the locating
> pin on the pedestal was pressing against the disc and after freeing it up
> with a Dremel tool and readjusting the clutch, it was better, but I still
> kept a small bungee cord on it. Finally installed a below deck ram and it
> is much like the difference between a funky compass and a GPS..., quieter,
> straighter and stronger....
> 
> Fair Winds,
> Chris Burti
> Commitment #867
> Farmville, NC
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 12:26 PM mark <mseyler at cox.net> wrote:
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>> Has anyone on the list had experience with the Raymarine wheeldrive
>> autopilot clutch releasing when trying to turn to starboard?  The
>> wheeldrive
>> works fine when it attempts to turn the wheel to port, but when the turn is
>> to starboard the clutch releases.  Any ideas how to fix this?
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>> 
>> Mark Seyler
>> 
>> S/V Reality,
>> 
>> Catalina 320, #232
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>> New Orleans, LA
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