1980's
1988-1994 CM500
Microprocessor control and NMEA0183 interface to transit satellite navigators, GPS and wind instruments. High power FET drive switching. One model 11-32 volts.
1981-1988 CM300
World’s first digital logic autopilot incorporating a fluxgate compass. Also the world’s first autopilot to interface to a transit satellite navigator using the CM304 Course Programmer.
1970's
1979-1984 CM200
Improved compass sensing to handle high speed vessels.
1975-1979 CM100
World’s first autopilot with a course memory – the vessel would steer automatically to any course selected. Other autopilots required the vessel to be steering within 45 degrees of the course before engaging. Light sensing internal card compass. Proportional and counter rudder steering control. Early CM100’s used relay drive switching which was later changed to transistor switching in the CM100A.
1974 - 1975 CM100
One of the first CM100’s in a Dovetail Wooden Box.
COURSEMASTER AUTOPILOTS
Australian-owned, Coursemaster Autopilots Pty Ltd has been designing and manufacturing quality autopilots in Sydney Australia for over 50 years and exporting to Europe, Asia, Middle East & North America.