{"id":483,"date":"2022-10-16T02:43:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/?p=483"},"modified":"2022-10-16T02:43:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T02:43:10","slug":"precision-9-compass-installed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/16\/precision-9-compass-installed\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision-9 Compass Installed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To integrate the chart plotter, radar, and autopilot, an electronic compass needed to be installed. I chose a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bandg.com\/bg\/type\/autopilots\/autopilot-compasses\/precision-9-compass\/\" target=\"_blank\">Precision-9<\/a>. In addition to reporting direction, the device also reports pitch and roll, and so it should be mounted at the center of gravity in the boat, preferably at the waterline. After exploring possibilities, we decided on mounting the compass on the mast below deck. The problem was the mount was designed for a flat surface. We started by tracing the contour of the mast where we wanted to mount the device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6254.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6254.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6254.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6254.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We then used a table saw to cut the mount out of a block of wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6C097A38-16CF-4EE5-AA7E-43734BFE47B8.jpg?resize=525%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6C097A38-16CF-4EE5-AA7E-43734BFE47B8.jpg?resize=576%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6C097A38-16CF-4EE5-AA7E-43734BFE47B8.jpg?resize=169%2C300&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6C097A38-16CF-4EE5-AA7E-43734BFE47B8.jpg?resize=768%2C1366&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6C097A38-16CF-4EE5-AA7E-43734BFE47B8.jpg?resize=864%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/6C097A38-16CF-4EE5-AA7E-43734BFE47B8.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note the contour is rough-cut with the table saw. That surface was filled with epoxy (combined with an epoxy filler), and it was sanded and painted with enamel (on the right, the block on the left is a spacer for the wind instruments).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6265.jpg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6265.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6265.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6265.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The adapter was used in combination with the compass mount to install the compass on the mast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6272.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6272.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6272.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aegir-ran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_6272.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To integrate the chart plotter, radar, and autopilot, an electronic compass needed to be installed. I chose a Precision-9. In addition to reporting direction, the device also reports pitch and roll, and so it should be mounted at the center of gravity in the boat, preferably at the waterline. After exploring possibilities, we decided on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/16\/precision-9-compass-installed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Precision-9 Compass Installed&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aegir-ran.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}