"Kees Verruijt" wrote in message
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| WBH wrote:
| Greetings!
| Has anyone in this NG experience with the Raymarine Gyroplus Yaw Sensor,
| used with the older model 100 course computer? Is it worth while, i.e.
is
| there a significant performance improvement?
| Wout
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| I've got this setup; the rate gyro input is done using an analog input
| to the course computer. According to the manual, and observed behaviour,
| it uses this input only when you set "response" to "3".
|
| So you do *NOT* get the same level of course-keeping as by replacing the
| 100 with a S1G. When you set response to 3 the course-keeping is
| absolutely wonderful, but you do get a very active steering behavior
| that uses a lot of amp-hours.
|
| I bought the gyro to get fast heading for the radar unit, so the better
| course keeping is just an added bonus for me. Still, if I had known
| about this I would probably have bought the S1G instead (as it does give
| you a backup computer for emergencies, as Geoff suggests).
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| Kees

Encouraging words. If the improvement is as profound as it sounds, the
USD600 for the external sensor is probably worth it. On the other hand, this
is almost half way to a new S1G with AST. Decisions, decisions..
Thanks,
Wout