PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Subject: Instruments ATPL - Compass acceleration and de-acceleration
Old 10th May 2007, 23:02
  #2 (permalink)  
bobster1
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: uk
Posts: 91
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
My Brain Hurts!!

Hi mate..not the easiest to visualise i know!!
But remember compass card reads right to left. numbers increase from right to left..opposite way to reading a sentence i thought of..
bearing that in mind..
ACCELERATION=TURN TOWARDS NEAREST POLE..
DECELERATION=TURN TOWARDS FARTHER POLE..
Example..A/C in Nth Hem Hdg 090 (east)
Draw a diagram..a circle with a line across the center..the equater.
Draw an arrow in the Nth Hem hdg east..bend the arrow as in CAPITALS above..
Hope that makes sense..
Do a few to practice an it will click!!

Athens 07!! are you a red?

Last edited by bobster1; 10th May 2007 at 23:25.
bobster1 is offline