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Boat Stabilizer from Gyro mk3 Reverse Gear

This controller gives stabilization without fiddling with PID settings by accessing the Gyro part. This can be used for roll and pitch stability. Typically desired roll is zero (0) while pitch can be slightly up for hydroplaning boats.

Equipment needed:
= This MC
= Gyro
= Tilt sensor looking forward
= Tilt sensor looking right
= Optional: a reverse gear signal, possibly from the switch you use

Roll stability requires:
= Rudder or control surface port
= Rudder or control surface starboard

Pitch stability requires:
= One or more rudder or control surfaces either central or in matched pairs



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Recently discovered that, at least currently, a linear sensor pointing forward defaults to reporting only the magnitude of the motion. It can be changed using the select tool to directional but that may or may not be what you want for things like range calculations.

The logic of the Mk 2 is now swapped from looking for a negative linear speed to whether you have the reverse gear engaged. This is also not perfect as you may be proceeding forward briefly until the boat's motion stops and starts going backward. That said you are probably going slow making the affect created by the stabilising fins weak thus little problem. Once you gain rearward speed the stabilising fins have more affect thus aid stability.

Boats should still be operated only modestly in reverse as the stern in most does not have the same dynamics as a bow and a raising stern can lift the propellers out of the water.