DSK wrote:
Joe wrote:
All your fancy instruments can do is tell when and how the ship turned,
unless you have a wheel sensor or a camera watching the helmsman just
how are they going to prove that he wipped the wheel two turns stbd, 4
Port then centered back up on course?


Wrong.

There would almost certainly be an autologging feature on
the helm servos & the switchgear would log the power
consumption on that circuit.

DSK

Huh?

Joe

Joe wrote:
DSK wrote:

Joe wrote:

All your fancy instruments can do is tell when and how the ship turned,
unless you have a wheel sensor or a camera watching the helmsman just
how are they going to prove that he wipped the wheel two turns stbd, 4
Port then centered back up on course?


Wrong.

There would almost certainly be an autologging feature on
the helm servos & the switchgear would log the power
consumption on that circuit.

DSK


Huh?

Joe

There would almost certainly be an autologging feature on
the helm servos & the switchgear would log the power
consumption on that circuit.


Joe wrote:
Huh?


It means that the exact time & amount of helm angle... down
to the tenth or hundredth of a second if desired... would be
part of a permanent record.

The helmsperson might be sneaky enough to fool a drowsy OOD
but there would be a bright & clear paper trail.

DSK