Automated trim tab adjustment system method and apparatus

Details Automated trim tab adjustment system method and apparatus Automated trim tab adjustment system method and apparatus

2007-12-25

2007-12-25

Sotelo, Jesús D (Department: 3617)

Ships

Hull or hull adjunct employing fluid dynamic forces to...

Movably mounted hull portion or hull adjunct

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11159659

ABSTRACT:
A trim tab control system adapted to adjust trim tabs to optimize the velocity of a water vessel. The trim tab control system is adapted to have a tilt sensor and a velocity sensor in communication with the microcontroller where the microcontroller records the position of the trim tabs based on trim tab adjustments that the trim tab control system initiates, as well as trim tab adjustments initiated by the helmsman of the water vessel.

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