Your only concern should be whether or not it erects properly within a
decent interval...by the time you are taxiing, for example. When the vacuum
pump stops providing the force necessary to spin the gyro it is going to
come to rest in some unpredictable way.

Next time you shut the engine off, however, don't leave the cockpit for a
few moments, and listen to the gyros as they spin down...if there is any
kind of mechanical problem, you will hear it.

Bob Gardner

"KP" wrote in message
oups.com...
Every time I get in the aircraft and before I start the engine I notice
the attitude indicator is displaying a nose down and a left turn. Why
is that? Is there something wrong with the instrument and is near
failure?

KP