May 2010 SPECTRE dynamic positioning sea trials controlling waterjet

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May 2010 SPECTRE dynamic positioning sea trials controlling waterjet

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Recent dynamic positioning sea trials with SPECTRE in control of a RHIB equipped with a waterjet engine have been extremely successful, H Scientific reports. The heading autopilot was first tuned then heading and track control tested; following that, the vessel was found to hover within a tight tolerance while subject to wind and tide.