Magnetic shielding

On Jul 20, 6:51*am, Steve Freeman wrote:

I am worried about interference because no matter what direction I am
flying, the compass only points to within about 15 degrees of south.
Not much use in an emergency. I do carry a GPS PDA and have an LNAV/
GPSNAV in the panel but would like to have an operational compass.
Also not sure if FAA item or not but would guess that it is.

Understood, I have one too - for FAA (sigh) and nostalgic reasons.

Sounds like something is seriously magnetized in your instrument panel
- do you have a big radio or vario speaker nearby? And have you been
able to place the compass anywhere in your cockpit and get correct
readings? It could be a bad compass...I've seen whiskey compasses
stuck in all sorts of improbable places and work OK!

Kirk
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