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2 blue windriders, Elephant Butte Lake, NM 10/19/2005-774 views
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4 Windriders abeam, Elephant Butte Lake, southern NM, 10/19/2005-560 views
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4 Windriders approaching, Elephant Butte Lake, NM, 10/19/2005-598 views
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Antarctic WindRider-374 viewsPhoto was in response to HWM's question: "Where's the WindRider?"
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Autopilot - 1-676 viewsThis shows the installation of the pin. Notice also 5/8" piece of wood to move track away from hull.
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Autopilot 2-741 viewsThis shows how I connected the left and right pedals together with a cheap "poulie de corde a linge", so that when the autopilot pulls the pedal, it actually moves the rudder by simulating a push on the opposite pedal.
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Autopilot 3-743 viewsHere you can see the autopilot on it's pin. Notice the little line to support the autopilot when not in use, and also storage pocket where I would store the electrical box.
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Autopilot 4-828 viewsThis picture shows the autopilot support. I used the existing seat screw to secure the piece of wood that holds the autopilot. Notice also the plastic holder for the ST600R remote control, in order to crrectly see and "talk" with the autopilot. Notice also the little piece of wood tied on top of the bench. This was to try to even out the sitting place so I could try to get a bit of sleep. Worked not too bad.
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Electrical Box-713 viewsGPS plug enters throught ABS grey tube, little regulator circuit brings 12V down to 6.5V for GPS. No switches, simply plug 2 cables together with F/F adapters to power-up a device (Front Nav ligth, rear Nav ligth). Also same system to conect solar panels to solar regulator. Seatalk connector and Autopilot connector seen on front of box. Orange (Exterior AC extention) wire is for battery pack (I use Lead-Acid batteries found in computer UPS's). Bought a car fuse holder to install fuses on each input and o
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Mast a boom holder #1-662 viewsThis is image 1 of 4 showing how I made a mast a boom holder out of 2x4's. The slide into the AKA receiving tubes and pin on location. They separate via thumbscrews on the starboard side
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Mast and Boom Holder #2-646 views
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