DELTA-PILOT
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Mounting of Detector
To install the detector an adapter of special length is required to get a suitable field strenght
from the directional system at the detector’s position. This will be located below the gimbaled
compass bowl. The adapter is prepared to fix the detector and to turn it for alignment.
Use the cable clamp inside the binnacle to fix the cable against pull. Between detector and
clamp the cable should be laid spiral to allow move of the gimbaled compass bowl.
Delta-Pilot with B (right hand) and C (below) magazine correctors.
Adjusting the Compass
A reliable adjustment is necessary for safe navigation if magnetic materials are the
neighbourhood of the compass
. This is necessary even the compass position is choosen
according to the notes mentioned above. To avoid interferences caused by variable magnetic
fields the distance between compass and field source has to be increased. Variable fields
cannot be adjusted and it is known no technical way to protect the compass against these
fields. The sorces of variable fields are for example: hydraulik pumps, hatches…….On privat
yachts made of wood or reinforced fibre glass and without any magnetic material near to the
compass an adjustment may not be done.
Essential correctors are B+C and heeling:
B+C are to correct the ship’s permanent longitudinal and athward field and the heeling
corrector are to neutralize the ship’s permanent vertical field. In the case of sailing yachts,
which are heeled for longer times the use of a heeling corrector would be seriously
recommended. In case of motor yachts the B+C correctors are essential but a heeling
corrector may not be necessary.
