H5000
Pilot
Advanced
User
12
Heel
Compensation
Type
Expert
System
What
is
it?
To
react
rapidly
and
proportionately
to
any
change
in
heel
angle
before
it
causes
a
course
error.
What
does
it
do?
Applies
a
pre
‐
emptive
rudder
correction
before
any
significant
off
course
error
occurs.
Calculated
by
the
real
‐
time
boat
model
and
based
on
multiple
inputs
including:
wind
speed,
gust
factor,
apparent
wind
angle,
heel
angle
etc.
Advanced
User
Notes
User
gain
control:
If
in
doubt
apply
a
lower
gain
(the
weather
helm
algorithm
will
correct
for
longer
term
effects)
Allow
~1
minute
after
engaging
Pilot
for
weather
helm
to
stabilise
prior
to
adjusting
Heel
Gain.
Heel
Compensation
is
scaled
progressively
to
0
as
TWA
get
towards
Max
TWA
to
reduce
rudder
movement
at
low
angles.
No
course
change
that
will
exceed
the
safety
limits
will
be
commanded
by
this
feature.
IMOCA
60
Advisory
If
you
elect
to
use
this
feature,
we
recommend
the
Response
Rate
is
set
to
1
.
Control
Turn
feature
On/Off:
>
Sailing
>
Heel
Compensation
>
Enable
Heel
response
level
[1
low
‐
10
high]:
>
Sailing
>
Heel
Compensation
>
Response
Rate
