Autopilot from a wiper motor?

[GILow]

Originally Posted by a64pilot

Are you talking jack screw? You just reinvented the linear actuator

Yep. Works very well on practically any tiller steered boat and easily adjusted in its placement to get the right trade-off between force and speed of response.

[sailorchic34]

Originally Posted by KarhyinCa

Where is the new post button? I dont see how to introduce myself?

click the forums tab click the forms tab at the top of the page. Wait for the whole list of form areas to load. Click on meet and greet. At the very top of that forum and any forum is a new thread button. Clicking that Starts a new thread.

[sailorchic34]

There are 12 volt gear Motors, on eBay and Amazon. I'm using an old autohelm 3000 motor as that's what I had. basically a 3-inch long 12v motor with planetary gearing the two inch diameter pulley running to an 8 inch diameter pulley. with gear reduction it doesn't take much of a motor to run a wheel pilot autopilot.

[RaymondR]

Run it from the steam, a cylinder on the tiller and a couple of 12 V solenoid valves?

A lot of us would be very interested in a few details on your steamer.

[KathyinCa]

Thank you! See my signature below for my urgejt issue. I need referrals [/CENTER][/I]

Originally Posted by sailorchic34

click the forums tab click the forms tab at the top of the page. Wait for the whole list of form areas to load. Click on meet and greet. At the very top of that forum and any forum is a new thread button. Clicking that Starts a new thread.

[Bill O]

Originally Posted by boat_alexandra

I have printed 10mm wide and 5mm pitch toothed sprockets for both the wiper motor and the steering wheel. These along with the wiper motor and toothed belt completes a basic drive system.

Are these for sale yet on your pypilot store?