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Raymarine ST6001 - Zanshin

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Chapter 6: Commissioning the Autopilot 67<br />

Adjusting the heading alignment<br />

If you experience difficulties with compass alignment, you can check<br />

the compass alignment after completing the deviation correction<br />

procedure (swinging the compass). After completing the initial<br />

compass calibration, you can make further adjustments to the<br />

alignment without swinging the compass again.<br />

Although the compass calibration removes most of the alignment<br />

error, small errors (of the order of a few degrees) will probably<br />

remain. These will vary depending on the heading.<br />

Ideally, you should check the heading reading against a number of<br />

known headings, plot a deviation curve, and determine the heading<br />

alignment value that will give the lowest average alignment error.<br />

You can then enter this value on the Heading Alignment screen, as<br />

described above.<br />

If the average heading error is more than 5°, you should perform the<br />

compass deviation correction procedure again, circling more slowly<br />

and in more favorable conditions.<br />

6 Commissioning the Autopilot

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