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Old October 30th 15, 09:29 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Bruce Hoult
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Default Alternative magnetic compass

On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 8:27:44 AM UTC+3, Jonathan St. Cloud wrote:
As for reciprocals, plus 2 minus 2, or or the reciprocal works for most headings. i.e., 180 +2 - 2 is 360. Doesn't work for every heading but works for most.


Huh? It works for everything if you don't mind subtracting 360 if the answer is over 360.

Otherwise it works for *exactly* half the possible headings (0 - 180) and +20, -200 works for the rest.