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Rate Gyro

Rate Gyro & Rate Gyro Compass

Coursemaster's solid-state rate gyro sensor offers enhanced course holding accuracy, reduces rudder movement and power consumption, wear and tear, and offers overall fuel savings.

A fluxgate compass, which must operate on a horizontal plane, may be affected by pitching, rolling or a fast turn; however, the rate gyro sensor responds only to yaw ie. a change in heading.

Coursemaster Autopilots software combines both the output of the standard fluxgate and the rate gyro. The fluxgate gives an accurate absolute heading free of drift, while the gyro gives an accurate short-term heading, free of acceleration effects.

The Rate Gyro is a perfect solution for all power and sailing vessels cruising the coast or crossing the oceans:

It is not affected by a boats acceleration
It is not as influenced by magnetic fields
It reduces rudder activity and improves steering and reduces power consumption
It provides a far steadier course than any autopilot using only a fluxgate compass which can result in overall power and fuel savings
It overcomes southerly heading problems in Southern Hemisphere and northerly heading problems in Northern Hemisphere

The Coursemaster gyro sensor is supplied in moulded, waterproof casing suitable for bulkhead mounting and the single cable plugs into one of the standard remote interfaces in the junction box. (CM880, CM800/850, CM80i, CM650, CM700/750, CM600, CM550 and CM500 and CM420).

The new Coursemaster Rate Gyro Compass which is a combined rate gyro and fluxgate compass in a single housing is supplied as standard from May 2005 in the following models: CM80i, CM85i, CM800i and CM850i.

UPGRADE EXISTING PILOT

The gyro sensor can also be retro-fitted to an existing Coursemaster Autopilot. When fitted, the gyro can be selected or disabled from the control panel.

Contact your local Coursemaster Autopilots dealer for details.