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Hi all has any one seen a free compass fitted to the top of the cockpit in a 206 as Bell place it in the most stupid place?
Thanks Levo.
vaqueroaero
10th Jun 2018, 19:51
It wasn't put there for fun or as an inconvenience to the pilot. It was put there as apparently that is the place where it receives minimal magnetic interference from wiring harnesses.
SuperF
10th Jun 2018, 23:41
whats a compass?
GrayHorizonsHeli
11th Jun 2018, 01:51
some moral thing....doesnt get used much if at all
SuperF
11th Jun 2018, 11:35
Gray,
I have in the past had trouble locating mine, which could go some way explaining some of my more questionable decisions....
SASless
11th Jun 2018, 13:34
Those Moral Compass things are very hard to find....usually late at night when the Alcohol level in the bowl is over filled in the presence of a female.
Non-PC Plod
11th Jun 2018, 14:48
Disappointed - I thought this would be a link to get a free compass! (thought it would look good on my desk)
Ascend Charlie
11th Jun 2018, 19:46
You've already got a free one, it's in your iPhone.
Non-PC Plod
11th Jun 2018, 21:10
Is that one of those phones that the young and rich carry? I use homing pigeons!
SuperF
12th Jun 2018, 00:22
non-PC Plod, ask your grandkids...
Tony Mabelis
12th Jun 2018, 09:34
I seem to recollect that after N/S and E/W have been adjusted, the residual error is taken out by bending the mounting bracket!
Tony
SASless
12th Jun 2018, 12:13
There was a time in the Gulf of Mexico and other places around the world, , the only navaid in the Bell 206 was the Compass.
There was a time in the Gulf of Mexico and other places around the world, , the only navaid in the Bell 206 was the Compass.
Mine used to fly of shore in the gulf when it was new and its got a lot of avionics but they are old like me now think its going to get a refit
Levo.
SASless
12th Jun 2018, 22:18
Levo....think 1960-1970's old.....no GPS, no Loran, no ADF....just a watch, compass, and at best a Field Diagram.
heliduck
13th Jun 2018, 01:30
Levo....think 1960-1970's old.....no GPS, no Loran, no ADF....just a watch, compass, and at best a Field Diagram.
Clock & compass, that was hard work!
I've got a gig in a jetranger for a few weeks after not flying one for 10 years, it has a compass AND an ashtray - top of the line model this one.
SandBlaster214
13th Jun 2018, 03:36
Those were the days, SASless... just a watch, a compass and, for a case of beer to your mechanic, your very own spare set of plugs to tote along with ya.
Heliduck, my first B model had that PLUS the lighter!
heliduck
13th Jun 2018, 05:34
Heliduck, my first B model had that PLUS the lighter!
I bet you didn’t realise back then that the lighter was just keeping the power socket for the GPS warm until it was invented.
PEASACAKE
13th Jun 2018, 13:47
I seem to recollect that after N/S and E/W have been adjusted, the residual error is taken out by bending the mounting bracket!
Tony
Now that is funny...............and could be true
Levo....think 1960-1970's old.....no GPS, no Loran, no ADF....just a watch, compass, and at best a Field Diagram.
SAS old chap you are giving your age away . So how do you like this new age of i pads and heated cockpits. Levo.
SASless
14th Jun 2018, 01:44
Heated Cockpits....iPads...bolderdash....why one day even Wimmen will be flying helicopters!
We gave Wimmen the Vote in 1920 and see how all that turned out!