Ian_Edwards
Well-known member
Any ideas about the autopilots used in the Vendeeglobe?
The AP's are sailing the boats at high speed and often in very high sea states, the crew is managing the boat rather than sailing the boat, in the sense that most people would understand, so I guess they have to be several orders of magnitude more sophisticated than a standard B&G or Raymarine system.
They presumably use the same sort of data as my Raymarine EVO system, boat speed, wind speed and direction, and the input from an inertial navigation system.
And I'm guessing that they use some sort of neural net and AI to compute the output ot the steering system.
Has anyone got any insights?
Cheers
Ian
The AP's are sailing the boats at high speed and often in very high sea states, the crew is managing the boat rather than sailing the boat, in the sense that most people would understand, so I guess they have to be several orders of magnitude more sophisticated than a standard B&G or Raymarine system.
They presumably use the same sort of data as my Raymarine EVO system, boat speed, wind speed and direction, and the input from an inertial navigation system.
And I'm guessing that they use some sort of neural net and AI to compute the output ot the steering system.
Has anyone got any insights?
Cheers
Ian