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Old 12th Aug 2008, 10:59
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BEagle
 
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Yes, it's the MFS selector.

A frankly bizarre system which used a fixed, but manually rotatable compass card. Most pilots prefer the aircraft heading to be at the top!

I can't remember what 'Datum' did - but most of the other selections are reasonably obvious and affect such things as the Azimuth Director Pointer demand rate. I don't recall ever having used the 'Mach' selection; presumably it was used for cruise climbs at constant IMN when such things were permitted?

Autopilot and Heading Reference System / Military Flight System selectors were on other panels.

The HRS used an ex-Lightning Master Reference gyro. A pity that the MFS displays weren't thrown out and proper instruments fitted when HRS was fitted!
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