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You're right Dean, its probably not vey important.
I was thinking this morning that if the indication unit failed it's not
going to sink anyones sub.
You will know when you have the motors or rudders tilted fully one way or
another without this, as full stroke
of the actuating pistons is only a few seconds. So keep your finger on the
switch for a few seconds & it will be fully one way.
For me with variable speed motor control & two motors, it will be handy
to know that if I'm heading right
& the rudders showing straight ahead then one of the motors speed will
need tweeking.
It could be a diagnostic tool. If you're not going up & you should be,
you would know the motor mounting shaft
had rotated & so the motors had either failed or you were hooked
up on something.
I think in low visibility it would have more use.
With reguard to the reed switch; I and I think Frank will be using toggle
switches to operate linear actuators
for dive plane & rudders & to find central position you need an
external sender monitoring the position.
It's similar to trim tab position indicating on a boat & the only
system I've seen that doesn't have an external
monitoring unit uses a timer that switches on LEDs based on the time it
takes for a full stroke of the piston
operating the trim tab. This won't work for us, one reason being that the
actuators can slow down under load.
Regards Alan
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