Larry,

Sounds good. That's exactly the way mine works. Motor is directly
connected to the hydraulic motor via a belt. Motor only activates
when the rudder needs to be moved and in the direction necessary.
Rudder position sensor is connected directly to the rudder control arm
so the computer knows the story. No calibration necessary other than
to adjust the linkage at installation time to know where center is.

Doug. k3qt
s/v Callista

"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 17:37:35 -0500, "Doug Dotson"
wrote:

Are you saying the the hydraulic motor on the B&G run continuously?
Is there an advantage to that? Mine just runs when the rudder moves
and is thus pretty kind to the bats.

Oh, no, not at all! As a matter of fact, IT REVERSES! Goes one way
to port and the other way to starboard. Controls are in the computer
box. There's a linear position sensor you calibrate from the helm for
hard to port/starboard and centered so the computer has a reference to
go by.

The motor doesn't run until it needs to move the rudder. It even runs
at variable speed, controlled by the computer. When it needs to move
quick, it runs hard.





Larry W4CSC

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