Well I may have made a mistake in deciding to go with
raymarine for the
autopilot. I have had better customer support from
India.
That complaint out of the way, here is my problem, and question:
Examine the pictures of the
steering system below.
Raymarine wants a ball joint attached to the hub, at no more than 5 degrees from co-plainer with the
rudder sensor. That would require machining an triangle to mount on the hub around the
rudder post, and a 2" riser block to mount the rudder position
sensor to.
My thought is, why cannot I attach the ball joint to a block and mount that on the cable. That should give me the same push/pull movement to the sensor, shouldn't it?
Thanks for the extra brain
power.