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Old 10th Feb 2018, 20:12
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B2N2
 
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Light aircraft rarely have an accurate enough attitude indicator.
It’s usually vacuum driven same as the DI and susceptible to precession also. Usually just sits there with a shimmy and a shake.
Altimeter and VS are better indicators.
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