8 Fall-back arrangements
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8 Fall-back arrangements

  8.1 Failure of the track control or position sensor

  • (1) If the heading control is still available then the system should automatically switch over to heading control and take the actual heading as the preset heading for the heading control.

  • (2) If the heading control is not available the rudder angle should be maintained.

  8.2 Failure of the heading measuring system

  • (1) The actual rudder angle should be maintained.

The associated alarms are stated in section 5.3.

Parent topic: Annex 2 - Recommendation on Performance Standards for Track Control Systems
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