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Cessna C172SP Skyhawk - the lack of trimmers (Ms FS2002)



 
 
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Old February 15th 05, 10:41 PM
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Peter Duniho wrote:

Very few light general aviation airplanes have "self-correcting"

gyros
(known as "slaved" gyros, because they are slaved to some sort of

actual
magnetic compass, usually solid state), but it's true that they

exist.

Actual drift in an actual airplane varies wildly. A brand-new gyro

with

Pete


Regarding solid-state:

I thought this too until a RAS'er (the other one: rec.aviation.student)
set me straight; and I have one :-)

The King KCS 55a, in a typical installation uses the KMT 112 remote
Flux Valve (a liquid filled magnetic compass) - Not solid state.

http://www.seaerospace.com/king/kcs55a.htm

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