Autopilot smoothing capacitor

[beneteau_305_553]

I have a Simrad wp32 autopilot and it works fine now but the action is very jerky. Would a capacitor across the motor connections smooth out the stop start jolts if so what size?

 

[malcp]

I doubt it. Have you tried reducing the rudder gain, or the response setting?

 

[hightech]

Have you got a lot of play in your steering? this can cause the pilot to jerk as it tries to catch up.

 

[salamicollie]

These types of pilot tend to have stepper motors and therefore this is very unlikely to help....

 

[Guest]

Doesn't it have smoothing ? that you can adjust ... ie Sea State control etc.

 

[beneteau_305_553]

Thanks for the replies.

I will check the tension in the steering cables etc for slack. The only controls are gain and deadband.

 

[Guest]

Gain and deadband ... if set TOO tight to course keeping - the autopilot will hunt ...

If set too wide it will jerk into action ...

IMHO ...