[PSUBS-MAILIST] Watch "SeaQuestor Submarine vectored thruster controls ." on YouTube

[Cliff Redus via Personal_Submersibles]

 Nice to see the thrusters mounted and moving!  A couple of questions.  I am assuming that since you are going to use a PLC on the boat that you will mount a linear or rotary sensor on the thruster linkage to so that the PLC knows the location of the thrusters.  This gives you the ability  with a built in PID loop in the PLC to accurately control the location of the thrusters with your joystick and gives the ability for the thrusters to swing back to a centralized position when you take your hands of the joystick.  Are you planning on using a control strategy like this and have you speced the linear sensor yet?
Cliff
    On Sunday, June 7, 2020, 01:29:34 AM CDT, David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  
 
 https://youtu.be/MKqLgqcx8Ag
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