NKE GYROPILOT 2 - Installation of the Hydraulic Pump; Installation of the Rudder Angle Sensor

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2.3 Installation of the hydraulic pump
Select a location where it is easy to access to the pump for maintaining : oil adjust, speed
setting.
Fix the pump with 4 screw and nuts  6mm, on an horizontal plan.
WARNING:
Don’t forget before start up , remove the shipping cap on the top of the oil tank
and replace it
by the evented cap supplied with the hydraulic unit.
2.4 Installation of the rudder angle sensor
2.4.1 Precautions
- The sensor arm must be able to move ± 90° UNOBSTRUCTED.
- When the rudder is centred, the sensor arm must also be centred (in relation to the axis
screw head-see below).
- Distance “A” must be equal to “B”.
- The sensor connector must be 90° to the rudder arm when the rudder is centred.
- It must be installed in a safe/dry location and away from interfering equipment (radio
receivers, compressors, speakers, generators, etc.)
- The mounting location must be rigid and with the sensor arm and the rudder arm in
the same horizontal plan.
Correct mounting
Not allowed