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April 16th 05, 05:07 PM
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Oh, I agree entirely. I should have mentioned that was only once, and I
also might have mentioned that we had a total vacuum failure within 5 minutes of that and the DG may already have been spinning down (we were in VMC with me wearing foggles). I got quite good at holding heading very accurately during my training. I just have to learn to not let distractions interfere with that, even momentarily. Man, even a single-axis AP would be nice! Realistically, an occasional heading excursion of 10degrees should not matter (grabbing a chart), but I do think 25 is excessive (even if only temporary). If you are in IMC and drifting that far off heading, you need to work on your scan and control, or limit the activities that cause the distraction (grabbing maps, lunch, etc). -Nathan 
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