I'm totally with Steve Koerner on this one - Sticking a useless piece of 18th century hardware on the glareshield where it obstructs the field of view forward is ridiculous and potentially dangerous.

Seriously, have you EVER navigated using your mag compass as the primary nav instrument?

In my LS6, a compass on the glareshield will completely block my view of the towplane when in normal high tow. It was the first thing I pitched when I got the glider. I replaced it (to keep the A&Ps happy) with a small PZL ball compass tucked in a corner of the instrument panel. It has now been moved due to the mounting of a PFlarm butterfly display in it's prized bit of panel real estate, and will be relocated in the shade behind my Oudie; so when the end of the world happens and all the GPS satellites fall out of the sky I can still pretend to navigate (until the earth's magnetic field switches again - it's due).

Another good place to put it is in the side map pocket - then you can pull it out and admire it when needed. Very retro, and all...

Kirk
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