I have a marine digital compass in addition to the normal standby compass.
It is well damped and sure that it thinks it is accurate. But it isn't.
The self compensating feature doesn't seem to do much either.
It would probably benefit greatly from a remote sensor.
Duncan McF.
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From: "GLENN CROWDER" <gcrowder2@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: Europa-List: Anybody using a flux gate compass instead of a DG?
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> I would like to replace my ailing DG with an in-dash flux gate compass.
> My compass is so tiny and hard to read I never look at it other than to
> set the DG. I don't see any point of having a DG if it could be replaced
> by a large readable in-dash compass. The only flux gate compasses I
> can find are those made for boating. Here is one possibility:
> http://www.nasamarine.com/Instruments/clippercompass.html
> It even has a handy steer to course function. This unit is 110 mm sq
> so is a little large but sure looks easy to read!
>
> Glenn
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