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 Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: Another remote compass solution .. |
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This may a bit late to help you but the Ritchie M2 compass has worked great for us over the last 5 years. Costs about $150.
See: http://www.shipstore.com/SS/HTML/RIT/RITM2WDSP.html
The remote sensor is behind the baggage bulkhead in the RV6.
It does NOT work that well in turns but once the wings are back to level it quickly swings to the correct heading.
James
On 8/26/07, jim-bean(at)att.net (jim-bean(at)att.net) <jim-bean(at)att.net (jim-bean(at)att.net)> wrote:[quote] --> RV-List message posted by: jim-bean(at)att.net (jim-bean(at)att.net)
hi all,
I have had a non-responding compass since building the plane (RV- and finally
decided to do something about it. Removing the compass and walking around with
it shows it to be working OK. Get it within a foot of the roll-over hoop and it
goes nuts. So the hoop is magnetized. I have tried to degauss it with a TV type
degausser without success. I think that the degausser has to surround the metal
to work, thus the hoop would have to be removed or deguassed before installing
it. I am not about to remove it.
Anyway my solution was to install a remote compass. Good solid WW2 technology.
The transmitter sets in a hole cut in the aft part of the baggage compartment
floor. The front indicator is just a needle operated by a servo, connected to
the transmitter by 4 wires. There is a small inverter to supply 25 volts at 400
Hz. Works very well, just kind of pricey. This compass has aggravated me for so james(at)nextupventures.com (james(at)nextupventures.com) .
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