User's Manual

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sECTion TiTLEAUToPiLoT
How AUToPiLoT woRKs
Two diff erent versions of AutoPilot are available: Advanced AutoPilot and AutoPilot. There
are distinct diff erences between the two AutoPilots and how they control your boat.
AUToPiLoT
AutoPilot uses an internal compass to provide heading lock.
When AutoPilot is on, it keeps the motor pointed in the same
compass direction. If a manual steering correction is made,
AutoPilot locks onto the new compass heading to which the
boat was steered. This method of heading tracking does not take
into account external forces such as a side wind or currents, which
can allow side drift.
AdvAnCEd AUToPiLoT
Advanced AutoPilot not only uses compass heading but
also GPS signal data to correct for cross winds, current and
other external forces to keep the boat on a straight line. When
Advanced AutoPilot is turned on, it generates a set of GPS
points in a straight track line in the heading direction. i-Pilot
now navigates to each individual point on this track line. When
the user steers to a new heading, a new track line of GPS points
are laid down in the new heading direction.
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