No1Daemon
Newbie level 5

Hi
I am trying to achieve the same as demonstrated on tuckertiki.co.nz for my kontiki
It is a device that you simply point it in the direction you want it to head in then power it on at which time it locks in the heading and then as it heads out to sea as the heading changes the magnetic compass controlled servo changes the position of the rudder to compensate and get it back onto its heading.
Does anyone have any suggestions for already completed gear that may do what I want?
I can build the board and program a pic microcontroller with the firmware but I don't understand what equipment I will need to complete it.
I have googled around and found magnetic compass modules and there are plenty of autopilots out there using arduino or picaxe but they all seem to have integrated gps as well.
Thanks
Steve
I am trying to achieve the same as demonstrated on tuckertiki.co.nz for my kontiki
It is a device that you simply point it in the direction you want it to head in then power it on at which time it locks in the heading and then as it heads out to sea as the heading changes the magnetic compass controlled servo changes the position of the rudder to compensate and get it back onto its heading.
Does anyone have any suggestions for already completed gear that may do what I want?
I can build the board and program a pic microcontroller with the firmware but I don't understand what equipment I will need to complete it.
I have googled around and found magnetic compass modules and there are plenty of autopilots out there using arduino or picaxe but they all seem to have integrated gps as well.
Thanks
Steve