The compass card turns clockwise:
If you imagne the compass card in your head, say 090 as the selected heading, therefore to the left of 090 would be 089 and to the right 091. If you accelerate in the NH then the card shows a turn to the North. To do this the card must turn clockwise to bring 089,088,087 etc... to the selected heading.
To hopefully hammer this home, imagne a standard compass you used when young. If you accelerate in the NH on a headng of 090 the needle would move to the left to indcate a turn to the North, the standard compas has a non moving card as the needle moves. A compass in an a/c has a moving card and therefore to show a neelde turn to the left the card must turn to the right.
Another way to remember which way the neelde would move is thus:
An acceleration shows a turn to the nearer pole
A decelleration shows a turn to the opposite pole
Ie. In the SH an acceleration shows a turn to south and decelleration a turn to North
Hope this helps
Thrillseeker
