On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 10:17:15 GMT, "Clams Canino"
wrote:

Is there such a thing that ties a GPS into a Teleflx sterring system? When
we're out exploring the lake (at 1200 rpm) I find myself getting quite
annoyed having to sit behind the wheel 24/7 to do silly little course
corrections.

I'd much rather program in a route and only manipulate the wheel to avoid
traffic.

Interesting you should ask.

I was messing around with this a couple of years ago using a Magellan
M330 GPS with the NMEA 183 interface. I could get the GPS to talk to
the interface just fine and could translate the servo info to a very
fine degree.

In practice, however, I couldn't get a good friction control to steer
the boat. And then, when I was testing the GPS/Servo combination, I
noticed that the info from the 330 was kind of herky jerky - it would
follow the track fine, but in fits and starts to make the course
corrections. It would steer one way, then another way in short
bursts. Kind of weird.

I haven't revisited the issue. Maybe I will this winter when all the
rods, lures and flies are made.

Later,

Tom
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can never be fully learnt..."

Izaak Walton "The Compleat Angler", 1653