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Old 27th Jan 2000, 01:04
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BEagle
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Magnetic compasses suffer from acceleration and turning errors, Bloggs. Using the compass, roll out of a 30 deg AoB turn on North. Now adjust to 340 deg. You can't, can you?? So don't try - keep the DI synch'd and use that instead. If it dies, turn using a stopwatch, Rate 1 and the Turn and Slip (or useless bl**dy turn co-ordinator if you're unlucky!!). That demo takes about 5 minutes maximum - after which, forget the theory, apply the practice!!!