Safety
You are responsible for the safe and prudent operation of your vessel. Your
You must always be prepared to promptly regain manual control of your kicker. The autopilot and the throttle actuators can fail hard over. Learn to operate your autopilot on calm and hazard free open water.
In case the autopilot becomes inoperable, remove the in line fuse from the battery power cable.
The steering cylinder can be removed from its mounting bracket on the outboard in case of hydraulic jamming.
Removing the actuating link between the stepper motor and the carburetor butterfly crank can disable the electric throttle.
Caution:
Before drilling holes in your boat, be sure you know what you are drilling into. Watch out for fuel tanks, electrical cables, and hydraulic hoses.
Do not run your pilot with the outboard hard on the steering stops for any extended time or you will burn out the pump motor.
Be sure to leave the system in Standby mode when Autopilot is not in use, or if the kicker motor is not running.
We recommend you use only BioSOY hydraulic fluid in your autopilot hydraulics.
Keep your hands out of the outboard steering hinge area, the autopilot may steer the motor and smash (or worse) your fingers.
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