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Chapter 2: Autopilot Operation 8-2-23
ST290 Instrument System Owners Handbook
2.9 Adjusting the rudder gain
WARNING:
1. Incorrect rudder gain values on planing craft will lead to poor
steering performance and can be dangerous at high speeds. You
must set the rudder gain correctly.
2. If you increase the rudder gain setting on a 150G or 400G
autopilot, you must also increase the counter rudder setting.
Note: Although the rudder gain feature is available on all systems, you
should not need to adjust the rudder gain setting on 150G or 400G auto-
pilot systems once AutoLearn has been completed (see Section 8,
Chapter 4).
On T150 and T400 (non-GyroPlus) systems, you can make temporary
adjustments to rudder gain to change the autopilots steering
characteristics.Rudder gain is a measure of how much helm the autopilot
will apply to correct course errors (see Figure 2-20 ):
If rudder gain is adjusted correctly, the course changes should result
in a crisp turn followed by an overshoot of no more than 5°
If rudder gain is toohigh, courses change will result in a distinctover-
shoot (
A)
Ifrudder gain is too low,the boatwill feelsluggish it willtake a long
time to make the turn and there will be no overshoot (
B)
Figure 2-20: The effect of incorrect Rudder Gain settings
Note: See Section 8, Chapter 5 for a full explanation of rudder gain and
how to adjust it correctly.
New
heading
New
heading
A
New
heading
B
Correct
rudder gain
Rudder gain
too high
Rudder gain
too low
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