Some advice from someone that used to be a Raytheon dealer: 1. The X5 and other wheel-pilots are all fair weather devices. They work fine for motoring or sailing in easy conditions. If you can steer without too much trouble, so can they. Going downwind with any kind of sea is usually hopeless for them. OTOH at least in my case they can go to windward in about any kind of weather.
2. The "max displacement" is only slightly helpful. What they are trying to do is very roughly correspond steering forces with boat size. For an obvious counter-example, a wheel-pilot will work fine on a freighter, seeing as how they have power-steering. For a C&C example, a Landfall 38 is likely easier on the helm and more stable than my 35, despite being longer and heavier. 3. Below decks hydraulic drives rule over all other types for heavy duty use. 4. For real low power consumption steering, you can adapt a tiller pilot to control some types of windvanes. The windvane itself supplies all the grunt. Joe Della Barba Coquina C&C 35 MK I Autohelm 4000 wheel pilot serving for 26 years now :) From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Paul Eugenio Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2014 11:18 AM To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Subject: Re: Stus-List ActiveCaptain/Defender AutoPilot Special Frank, I do not have an autopilot yet installed on my 38LF. I do have a Raymarine SPX-5 wheel autopilot which I had installed on my 29-1(it is now currently at Raymarine getting the computer repaired). A 38LF is right at the max displacement limit for a SPX-5, and I was thinking about giving it a try, but I am strongly thinking about following Fred's recommendation in getting the EV-200 Sail paired with an Octopus 1212LAM12 hydraulic linear drive. Paul On Apr 16, 2014, at 10:23 AM, cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list-requ...@cnc-list.com> wrote: On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Frank Woronkowicz <fworonkow...@gmail.com<mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com><mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com>> wrote: Paul Prices look fine but what autopilot will be best to install on LF 38. I am looking for under the deck? If you have autopilot please emal pics. V/R Frank Woronkowicz LF 38 1981 Annapolis fworonkow...@gmail.com<mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com><mailto:fworonkow...@gmail.com> - Paul E. 1981 C&C 38LF S/V Johanna Rose Carrabelle, FL
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