I recall a warning somewhere in the Dash-1 that went something like,
"WARNING - Instrument flight with the magnetic compass is an emergency
procedure." My partial panel practice always included a working needle and
ball.


"Echo" wrote in message
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Ah yes, thanks. Been close to 7 years since I was an active CFI-I.
BUT...when I used to teach a lot of partial panel, we'd do a demo of the
turn coordinator failing during a partial panel scenario...never went well.
Point being, most guys would mess themselves up and pull their wings off
before a mag compass will get them out of the clouds successfully. Only a
very few with RECENT practice in IFR partial panel training would have a
chance. There's a reason why I and most other CFIG teach the benign spiral.
Simple and effective.

E