Garmin Accy, Autopilot, Class B Compact v2 drive unit
This is a Garmin Class B Compact v2 autopilot drive unit, a linear hydraulic drive built for sailboats up to roughly 48,400 lbs of displacement, designed to work with Garmin's Reactor 40 Mechanical, Retrofit, or Solenoid corepacks. As the "Compact" tier below Garmin's larger Class A drive unit found elsewhere in this catalogue, this drive suits mid-size cruising sailboats rather than the largest offshore yachts, giving enough mechanical force to move the boat's steering quadrant or tiller arm reliably under real sailing loads without the bulk of a Class A drive.
Being the second-generation ("v2") version indicates Garmin has revised this drive unit since its original release, and it's specifically built to integrate with the current Reactor 40 corepack family rather than Garmin's older GHP-series autopilot cores, meaning it shares the modern 9-axis solid-state AHRS sensor and Shadow Drive manual-override technology the rest of the Reactor 40 range uses. A drive unit like this is a genuine mechanical installation on a sailboat's steering system, so it's normally fitted alongside the rest of a complete Reactor 40 autopilot kit (corepack, course computer, and a GHC display) by a marine electronics installer rather than as a standalone DIY component. Garmin backs its Reactor 40 drive units with the same standard marine electronics warranty as the rest of the corepack range, and the v2 revision is the currently shipping version at time of listing.
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Drive Unit
- Type: Class B Compact v2, linear hydraulic
- Displacement rating: Up to 48,400 lbs
- Vessel type: Sailboats
- Compatible corepacks: Reactor 40 Mechanical, Retrofit, Solenoid