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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Brian, Stop, resist the temptation to make a simple thing complicated. Reliability comes from simplicity.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It's cool but....</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Saturday, May 2, 2020, 9:06:27 AM MDT, Brian Hughes via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Another experiment: bought a cheap vintage car fluxgate compass. When I hold the sensor under the front MBT (previously I experimented with how high I had to hold it off the hull until I had this
brain fart), against the inside "roof" of the fiberglass shell, it works perfectly, as in no distortion at all. I now know where to mount a future more accurate fluxgate sensor as it appears to be far enough away from the hull and the main brackets that mount
the MBT to work as intended. I love easy solutions. I now see a way forward for a reliable means for nsvigation.</div>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Now as I am looking at used marine fluxgate compasses, it seems some of them are designed to feed an auto pilot. As I already have the parts to put an actuator on the rear thruster, all this has me
thinking: an auto pilot for Harold. Set the compass and let the actuator compensate for the heading. Since Marine components are reasonably robust no need for DIY solutions... and for quick turns I still have the side thrusters.</div>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Am I losing my mind during lockdown or worth a go?</div>
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<div style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Brian and the fabled K boat Harold</div>
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