Horizontal alignment – Raymarine autopilot + ST4000+ User Manual

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ST4000+ Wheel & Tiller Autopilots: Owner’s Handbook

5

Install

ing

the

ST4000+

Horizontal alignment

When viewed from above (as shown in the illustration above):

the sensor arm must be between 75 mm (3 in) and 310 mm (12 in)
from the tiller arm

with the rudder amidships, the sensor arm should be at 90° to the
connecting rod and directly opposite the cable entry point on the
sensor body

when the rudder moves from hardover to hardover:

the sensor arm and the tiller arm must remain parallel to each
other at all times

sensor arm movement must not exceed +/- 60°: if the steering
system drives the sensor arm beyond these limits it will
damage the rudder position sensor

Maximum
permitted
travel: +/- 60˚

Cable entry

Parallel

Minimum: 75 mm (3 in)

Maximum: 310 mm (12 in)

90˚

60˚

60˚

Min: 101 mm (4 in)

Optimum: 140 mm (5.5 in)

Max: 190 mm (7.5 in)

D5387-1

Mounting base

Tiller arm
or quadrant

Rudder position
sensor

Connecting rod

Ball joints (level)

Sensor arm

Parallel

Front view - rudder amidships

Top view - rudder amidships

Aft

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