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Old 17th June 2006 | 23:59
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BigEndBob
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I find that at least 1 in 3 club aircraft have compasses that show say for example 360 on 360, 085 on 090, 185 on 180 and 260 on 270.

So that every time the student turns onto a new hdg. the compass needs re-setting.

I always have my students cross check the compass/DI with runway hdg. this is when the errors usually show up.

(Yes the runway mag. hdg is taken into account, pitot on/off, radios on/off as req. and who knows whats buried under the runway).
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