Compass trouble

On Apr 13, 7:20*pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:38:49 -0700 (PDT), John wrote:
I had a similar tough time swinging a compass in a Commander 114 which
has a large steel support bar just above the compass. *Couldn't find a
degaussing devise but was able to get more powerful compensating
magnets which took care of the problem but virtually every point had 2
to 8 points of variation....

Damn...Do you realize that a "point" on a compass is a bit over 11 degrees? *So
your compass was 22 to 88 degrees off...should we start calling you "Wrong Way
Dupre'"? :-)

(or maybe we'll just assume you meant 'degrees')

My own compass-swinging adventure is at:

http://www.bowersflybaby.com/tech/hillbilly.html

There are certain advantages of Experimental category.....

Ron Wanttaja

Remind me not to tell you about my first long solo cross country
flight.....

John Dupre'