Interceptors and trim tabs

It improves both the comfort and the turning performance of any boat. It is a benefit that you can adjust the desired gain for different speeds in a menu because then the driver always get the exact same effect every time turning with the boat. As we use the rudder signal as input we are robust against disturbances from waves, compared to the competitors who don’t use the rudder input.

A lot of people would think they don’t need it until they’ve tried it. We know that almost any boat would benefit from it, so we want to use it as a sales pitch and give all customers the possibility to improve their boat with it.  

The pitch control has a wave detection that can identify when the boat is driving in choppy head sea, and if it is the smart pitch calculates an additional interceptor deployment that is added to the deployment from AutoTrim.  The effect of this is that the bow is trimmed down a little bit more than usual, which is the same thing that an experienced captain would have done manually in a sea condition like this. 

In all other sea conditions than choppy head sea the interceptors deploy when the bow rises in a wave and retracts when the bow is diving into a wave. The most effective pitch control is achieved when the interceptors are already deployed a bit by the AutoTrim, so pitch control can work plus/minus “around” the autotrim. 

It consists of two features that improves the boat behaviour when entering and exiting turns.

The first feature allows the boat to bank naturally in wide turns. Without this feature AutoList is trying to achieve a list angle of zero until a turn detect occurs which usually feels a bit unnatural. The effect of this function can be adjusted in a menu to achieve the feeling that the boat builder or driver prefer. 

The second feature is an algorithm that detects that the boat is in a turn but that the driver is about to end the turn and go to a straight course. By reactivating AutoList as early as possible at the end of the turn, the interceptors can compensate for the new wind direction without any delay after the turn. Without this feature, the boat will usually list for a few seconds before AutoList has made its compensation of the interceptors after the turn.