Navico (Simrad) WheelPro 5000

[coolchange]

So, I have had this unit in a deep hole onboard for the past years and finally got around to giving it a try...with no directions yet. Seems to be a little "sketchy" in ability to hold a course for long...but in fairness I was on a river running pretty fast with lots of turns on the route..,maybe now that I have downloaded the "how to" it could get a little better...Anyway...anybody have any pro/con experience with one of these? and if so got any advice on "tuning" its performance? Hooking up to the Furuno NavNet?? toss it and spend the money on a modern solution? Also, I need a "clutch lever" which is not available from the company...my solution at the moment is to put enough weight on the motor to hold the drive belt tight...works but not elegant.

[catalina_mike]

No experience with the unit itself but the Navnet network is proprietary and you would need to use a common protocol if available like Nema 0183 so they could talk.