I'm wondering where people are finding good locations for their magnetic compass mounts?
I'm definately going to install one as a backup for the Enigma unit.
whiskey compass mount location
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Whiskey compass
Dave:
I probably did things a little different then most people will do, but I bought a vertical display mag compass and am going to mount it in the panel just like a DG. I figure that way I don't have to have a DG and I know that it won't be quite as quick as a DG but with my level of experience, I'm not to worried about that. I only have a elec. T&B, so I don't think the elec. field will interfer with it. Just a thought.
Roger
I probably did things a little different then most people will do, but I bought a vertical display mag compass and am going to mount it in the panel just like a DG. I figure that way I don't have to have a DG and I know that it won't be quite as quick as a DG but with my level of experience, I'm not to worried about that. I only have a elec. T&B, so I don't think the elec. field will interfer with it. Just a thought.
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Re: Whiskey compass
Yeah, those dry vertical magnetics are great, I have one in the center of the panel, right above a mechanical bank and slip/skid indicator to back up all the solid state stuff in the Enigma.Roger wrote:Dave:
I probably did things a little different then most people will do, but I bought a vertical display mag compass and am going to mount it in the panel just like a DG. I figure that way I don't have to have a DG and I know that it won't be quite as quick as a DG but with my level of experience, I'm not to worried about that. I only have a elec. T&B, so I don't think the elec. field will interfer with it. Just a thought.
Roger
I just like a whiskey compass in any plane, so to start, will probably put a pedestal mounted one right on the center top of the panel if it will work there.
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Strange thoughts - not yet plans
I have been thinking of putting a support through the middle of the windshield a la vintage Cessna 172. The reason is not so much that I had an old skyhawk and loved it but that the supplied windshield material bows in during flight. I've been thinking about trying to fab a mount for a compass on this center support as well. FWIW. Comments, please? I'm still a ways off.
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