System in all hooked up and bled. Went for commissioning run yesterday. All went well except for compass linearization which never finished (see below), it was amazing and so much fun.
A few points
Do spend time in planning stage as to where things will go, wire routes, hose routes. Measure twice cut once is mode of operation.
Electrical part fairly easy and straight forward, hydraulics another story.
I used same as Skunk Boat, -5 (5/16) MSH (marine steering hose), and Parker field replaceable fittings. Hose is cheap buy extra. My intention was to put hoses and tees under helm, but it turned out to be way to much stuff with tees and stiff hose. Had to relocate to below and to right of helm in wire compartment. This meant fittings were assembled and disassembled more than once. I was afraid of leaks none encountered due to that. I did not use thread sealant on any fittings first time around and all npt fittings leaked and required emergency repair when mechanic came to bleed. I used blue monster tape on npt's which was left over from log splitter repair. Solved that issue fine. Bleeding was straight forward with one exception. Instructions say return tube must have "continuous" upward return to helm. Mine dropped about 1/2 inch before going up and when bleeding pump it could not push out the air. Had to add a spacer under the pump to create continuous up direction and immediate success.
Commission run was uneventful with one exception, linearization. Would not finish. When back at dock went through set up again and noticed factory default is compass in locked state. Unlocked it and hopefully will finish next outing. AP worked fine without linearization finishing.
Probably other little things I am forgetting. The manual is to long and somewhat confusing at times, but read it and re-read it, then read it again.
Very happy so far and am now thinking about axiom mfd/plotter to add to system.
