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I've installed the Ratmarine 6002 Plus - linear drive with a smart pilot and flux gate compass.. tyed it all into a CRC 72 series/ chart-plotter/radar.. the system has been in for 4 years now and works like a charm..
The part I get a kick out of is in following seas, as the smart pilot learns the conditions and reacts according.. Unlike past auto pilots I've owned, in following seas the boat will bear off as a wave rolls under the boat and the pilot then corrects so the path of the boat is a constant "S" pattern. With this unit, as the boats rear starts to lift, the pilot is already correcting the the action and the boat rides off the swell in a straight line....
I've used it comming down the northwest coat of the US, Washington and Oregon in 40 knots of wind and it worked fine..
Last edited by Randyonr3; 27-01-2008 at 17:06.
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