Compass, heading not moving

[karkka]

Hi.

Just startet to fly the dora after a break. and today I notice that the compass/heading guage does not move at all. I played the campain mission 3, navigation. Pretty essential to have the heading guage working to complete the mission.

[Oydoron]

Are you flying straight and level?

[karkka]

Only the inner "plane thing" in the guage is moving, seems like it live its own lives. I have a look in the manual if I can find some explination

[Sokol1_br]

If the outer scale - the course setter - have this North pointed to 12:00 o'clock, the "plane thing" (compass needle) point for the actual Magnetic Heading, in the picture ~100º.

 

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But you can turn the outer scale (course setter) until the planed heading (for example 330) is against compass 12:00 o'clock, then fly the plane until the "plane thing" point for this heading at 12:00, what make the navigation more easy and natural, you just need maintain the "plane thing" pointed for 12:00 o'clock.

 

Is need consider the magnetic deviation* (if modeled in Kubam map, I dont know) and adjust the heading according.

 

* Probable is modeled, with the "plane thing" point to ~12:00 - North, the map (F10) heading show 8º.

 

http://s22.postimg.org/ofhsuv9k1/Compas190.jpg

Edited June 25, 2015 by Sokol1_br

[karkka]

Thank you for a great answer. Im not used to the guage as I mostley fly a10 or su27.

[kingfish]

The other thing I've noticed is that the HSI doesn't seem to like being tilted at all. In my experience it can get pretty inaccurate if you're banked more than a few degrees.