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LedSled(Guest)
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Hi Folks,
I'm trying to puzzle my way through a D10 installation on a CH-300. The EDC is properly mounted and isn't near any power wires etc in the tail of the aircraft. It doesn't read accurately, ie it's always out by 10-15 degrees, and not always in the same direction. Our local magvar is 13W, so I thought this was the culprit, but one day it'll read 15 degrees east of the wet compass, and the next day it'll read 10 or 15 degrees west of the wet compass, whilst flying on the same heading. I'm puzzled. Are these things just naturally only a "wet finger in the air" kind of compass, or are they capable of real accuracy in magnetic heading?
My question to the general group is "just how accurate is your D10 compass indication when using an EDC-10?" Note, this is not an "A" model, it's the original D-10.
My question to Dynon Support is "is there a way to make the heading indication NOT slave to magnetic north, ie the equivalent of the good old 'slave/free' modes like on a C-12 compass?" For those of us who might be flying in the "area of compass unreliability" this would be a wonderful thing to have!
Thanks to all for your helpful responses.
I'm trying to puzzle my way through a D10 installation on a CH-300. The EDC is properly mounted and isn't near any power wires etc in the tail of the aircraft. It doesn't read accurately, ie it's always out by 10-15 degrees, and not always in the same direction. Our local magvar is 13W, so I thought this was the culprit, but one day it'll read 15 degrees east of the wet compass, and the next day it'll read 10 or 15 degrees west of the wet compass, whilst flying on the same heading. I'm puzzled. Are these things just naturally only a "wet finger in the air" kind of compass, or are they capable of real accuracy in magnetic heading?
My question to the general group is "just how accurate is your D10 compass indication when using an EDC-10?" Note, this is not an "A" model, it's the original D-10.
My question to Dynon Support is "is there a way to make the heading indication NOT slave to magnetic north, ie the equivalent of the good old 'slave/free' modes like on a C-12 compass?" For those of us who might be flying in the "area of compass unreliability" this would be a wonderful thing to have!
Thanks to all for your helpful responses.