Someone, a while back, asked in another thread how I fit a below decks autopilot in my c&c 33-1. Here is a picture looking back from the starboard cockpit locker showing the Al-tiller arm mounted on the rudder post just above the quadrant. A cable that runs to the cockpit is used to engage the autopilot by inserting a pin into a fixed lower plate. The ram/actuator is the stainless steel piece that runs fore and aft and connects to the tiller arm pivoting piece .
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByBr0fHpZdGvVUl4YjQyRkJpUlE/view?usp=sharing The electronics that drives the ram could be any commercial unit but mine consist of an Arduino, Pololu motor controller, electronic compass, and a sparkfun rate gyro. Unfortunately, this is all I have that shows the electronics: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByBr0fHpZdGvNHFFRXdacG1Nbm8/view?usp=sharing Cheers, David
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