[Rhodes22-list] Raymarine tiller pilot installation help

[Hank]

Just don't sleep (or watch DVDs) like the Tesla driver!

Hank

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:14 AM, Michael Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:

> Olivier,
>
> There must be a way to couple the Phantom 4 with the tiller control to
> provide wind info, collision avoidance, weather and other course data.  If
> only it could stay aloft for more than a half hour, you could get a good
> sleep while underway.  DJI publishes a fairly complete API SDK for
> accessing
> the drone info ;-)
>
> Mike
> s/v Wind Lass ('91)
> Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
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> Hank
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>
> The issue with using a chartplotter when under sail is that the wind is not
> generally coming from a constant heading so your sail trim will not always
> been very good.  I used to own an Islander 36 with a chartplotter, wheel
> pilot and a NMEA compliant wind guage and my auto pilot could then keep a
> constant point of wind based upon the wind direction detected by the wind
> gauge.
>
> Hank
>
>
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