true/magnetic heading ADF and compass error

[bbrz]

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Edited April 8, 2018 by bbrz

[Art-J]

It's not a bug. Mission editor/F10 map gives true, You have to substract correct amount to get magnetic. 6 degrees in this case and everything's fine.

 

That being said, keep in mind that airbases on DCS map are not always correctly orientated compared to real world.

[Flamin_Squirrel]

Generally, unless you're in the arctic circle, runway numbering will be magnetic, but there are occasional exceptions.

 

However I'd say runway numbers are fairly irrelevant. Since I believe your interest is in regard to IFR flight, you should be making approaches in accordance with a published procedure (i.e. a chart) rather than best guess from runway numbers. These will give you the precise bearings you require. Use charts as a starting point and see how you get on from there.

[towsim]

see: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=126899 , post 10

[Flamin_Squirrel]

If you read the linked thread about the HSI and mag compass MH/TH error you will see that it's not that clear about true and magnetic heading in DCS and the mission planer.

 

It is clear. The mission editor, and most aviation charts for that matter, will be referenced to true north. When you're flying around, references are almost always magnetic (be it your compass, HSI or even ATC). The exception in DCS is the FC3 aircraft from what I understand, that reference true.

[firmek]

Taking Batumi as example:

RWY: 13, true heading = 126°, magnetic heading is true-declination: 126°-6°=120° (~6° for Georgina). When landing HSI course should be set to 120°.

It should be rather easy but I hope I'm not mixing/missing anything.

Edited July 29, 2016 by firmek