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The earlier TruTrak (pre Sorcerer) has the magnetometer and it is adjustable
if the reading gets out of whack. It can also serve as autopilot guidance if
you don't want to or can't use either GPS or DG signals to it.

On 10/8/07, Tom Gourley <tom.gourley@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>  Mike,
>
> Which TruTrak autopilot do you have?  I looked through the Sorcerer
> documentation and could find nothing on an internal magnetometer.  I've also
> done a Sorcerer installation in a Legacy and don't recall anything about a
> magnetometer.  TruTrak does have internal gyros.  The Sorcerer operating
> manual states that if GPS data is lost the track function switches to bank;
> i.e. it uses its internal gyros to maintain bank.  The autopilot function
> of the ADI Pilot also switches to a gyro backup mode if GPS data is lost.
>
> Tom Gourley
>
>
>

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The earlier TruTrak (pre Sorcerer) has the magnetometer and it is adjustable if the reading gets out of whack. It can also serve as autopilot guidance if you don&#39;t want to or can&#39;t use either GPS or DG signals to it.
<br><br>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/8/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Tom Gourley</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:tom.gourley@verizon.net">tom.gourley@verizon.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Mike,</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Which TruTrak autopilot do you have?&nbsp; I looked through the Sorcerer documentation and could find nothing on an internal magnetometer.&nbsp; I&#39;ve also done a Sorcerer installation in a Legacy and don&#39;t recall anything about a magnetometer.&nbsp; TruTrak does have internal gyros.&nbsp; The Sorcerer operating manual states that if GPS data is lost the track function switches to bank; 
i.e. it uses its internal gyros to maintain bank.&nbsp; The autopilot function of the&nbsp;ADI Pilot also&nbsp;switches to a gyro backup mode if GPS data is lost.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Tom Gourley</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font>&nbsp;</div></div></blockquote></div><br>

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