Re: Possibility of autopilot for jet boat

Larry wrote:

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:45:11 -0400, Jack Erbes wrote:


Larry wrote:


Anyone have any ideas? Thanks,

No friction clutches or drag adjustments on any of the cables or turning spools? Maybe you could add one somewhere.

Jack


The cable is a single cable - push/pull. Not certain how I could change
that in any way. That said, there is no slack in it at all, so I am
wondering why rudder feedback is even needed.

If you can turn the jet by hand and the wheel will go with it, maybe one of the accessory market autopilots made for use with tiller steered boats or for direct attachment to motors can be made to work.

You basically need to find a place with enough room where you can anchor one end of an autopilot attached to a point on the jet that will swivel it right and left. Here is a link to one made by Raymarine as an example, there are others on the market. Check out places and catalogs like West Marine or BoatUS to get some others to consider:

http://tinyurl.com/7v66k

You might be a fringe market, seems like most of the jet boat drivers want to do it by hand so that they can quickly irritate every single other boat driver within their vision. I'm joking of course, no insult intended.

Jack


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