Boat
Autopilot
Below-deck drive on the rudder
Stern · 7 steps
Step by step
A Raymarine linear drive below deck, on a block glassed to the hull, plus a rudder sensor, then calibrated.
What went in
- Autopilot
- Raymarine Linear Drive
- Also
- Rudder sensor
The steps
Step 01 · Below deck, inside the transom, starboard side
Bare hull
Step 02 · Below deck, inside the transom, starboard side
Plywood pad glassed in
Step 03 · Below deck, inside the transom, starboard side
Pad painted
In the model
A pyramid-shaped block glassed to the inside of the transom, starboard side. It takes the drive’s push.
Step 04 · Below deck, inside the transom, starboard side
Mounting bracket
Step 05 · On the rudder stock
Tiller arm
Step 06 · Below deck, at the rudder
Drive mounted
In the model
The autopilot ram. It pushes a tiller arm on the rudder stock.
Step 07 · Helm and engine room
Sensor, brain and controls
Then calibrated.
In the model
Tells the autopilot where the rudder is pointing.
The Actuator Control Unit that drives the autopilot, on the port side of the engine-room bulkhead across from the MultiPlus. It runs the Linear Drive, reads the rudder sensor and links to the Axiom.