Are you seeing significantly better performance from the SPX-5 vs the ST4000?
Steve Sharkey > On Jan 16, 2014, at 1:01 PM, Michael Brown <m...@tkg.ca> wrote: > > I upgraded from my ST4000 Autohelm to a SPX-5 with P70 control head last > summer. The main reason > was the ST4000 was challenged holding a tight heading in bigger wave / higher > wind days. Although > suitable for my purposes it did not hold on course accurately either, which > at the time I did not realize was > an advantage ;-) > > As a side note, the SPX-5 core pack does work with the original ST4000 > fluxgate compass, rudder sensor > and wheel drive. I did purchase the kit with new pieces but thought I would > try the old stuff first before > selling it so that I could claim it was working correctly and tested. > > Michael Brown > Windburn > C&C 30-1 > > > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 11:07:55 -0500 > From: "Della Barba, Joe" <joe.della.ba...@ssa.gov> > To: "cnc-list@cnc-list.com" <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Re: Stus-List Setting GPS Waypoints (long) > Message-ID: > <1073606396712942aee54d9a960e45a718c9654...@hq-mb-07.ba.ad.ssa.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > This is a good discussion. This has been a big issue in the flying world too. > Airplanes now are EXACTLY on the charted airway, not just within a few miles > of it. This caused a head-on collision down in Brazil between a 737 and an > Embraer jet. A lot of restricted airspace violations come from setting the > destination waypoint and not bothering to look at what is between here and > there. > > I like to use OpenCPN which allows very easy point-and-click setting of > waypoints. I do not couple the autopilot. I like to stay in the loop and do > the cross checking and corrections myself. One other thing to be way of ? > especially on mapping GPSs with small screens, is a lot of things vanish when > you zoom out. The entire crew of a boat in the race to Ensenada (iirc?) died > when they plotted a course through an island and apparently they all fell > asleep. Their tracker showed a ruler straight line right into the island that > would have gone straight to the finish line. > > Joe Della Barba > Coquina > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com
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