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comparison of self steering systems
Braine Gear, Fisher linkage, vane gear, and servo-pendulum
| Israel Walker | 18/04/2021 21:07:53 |
| 2 forum posts | Greetings from across the pond! I'm interested in applying model self steering systems (like Braine gear) to a dinghy sized boat. I can't seem to find a meaningful comparison of the pros and cons of Braine gear versus Fisher linkage vane gear, or how those two compare to full scale systems like Hyrdrovane or servo-pendulum gear. Thanks in advance. |
| Charles Oates | 19/04/2021 08:46:10 |
 662 forum posts 52 photos | Hopefully you'll get a good reply from someone on here. You could also look at the web pages for the model yachting association. https://mya-uk.org.uk/ Charles.
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| Richard Simpson | 19/04/2021 09:06:42 |
 957 forum posts 255 photos | It might well be worth asking the membership of the Vintage Model Yacht Group as well here: http://www.vmyg.org.uk/index.htm Some of their members post on here as well so you should get some help. This was one of their show displays a couple of years ago in Doncaster:
Edited By Richard Simpson on 19/04/2021 09:10:06 |
| Tony Hadley | 19/04/2021 09:16:38 |
 914 forum posts 559 photos | There was a discussion about Vane on this site here - From the Vintage Model Yacht Group's site re: Braine and Vane - |
| Israel Walker | 19/04/2021 17:03:52 |
| 2 forum posts | Thank you all for the links. I've read everything I could on this forum, which was what lead me to post the question here, but the second link is new to me and I look forward to reading it. Specifically what I am struggling to understand is a person would choose one option over the other, and why small yachts use servo-pendulum and the like instead of the scaled up vane gear. |
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