Mounting a Raymarine Rudder Position Sensor (Raypilot Rudder Reference M81105)

[Roc]

Robert.
I see you used starboard as an adapter plate.  But do you feel it's strong enough?  There's a lot of force with that autopilot system.  Just curious.
Roc-

[Noah]

Roc— I believe he used Starboard for the rudder sensor attachment, which is electronic, and and has little to no forces involved to move it.

[Admiral_Swellson]

That's correct Noah, the sensor is basically a potentiometer and while spring-loaded doesn't off much stress on the attached arm and ball joint screwed to the starboard. 

[Frasse Pelle]

Hi All, Just finished the installation of my new autopilot on our Mk 1.5 and adding the rudder sensor was the challenging aspect. Thanks to all the postings on that subject that guided me through this project. Like Robert, I wanted to avoid removing the water tank. To get the sensor position at the ideal 5.5inch position, I had to install a small interpose plate glued with thick epoxy. Getting this leveled was challenging and I use a Car jack sitting on top of the water tank to glue it up. All good with dock calibration completed. Sea trial this weekend.

Francois Pelletier, San Diego, CA
S/V Whitecaps
Mk 1.5 Hull #1292

[Admiral_Swellson]

  Looks great, excellent use of a car jack!

[waughoo]

Looks very similar to how I set mine up.  Glad to see more folks completing this step on a wheel pilot.