Vertical Card Compass

[Excaptusmc]

I want to put a vert card compass in my panel rather than on the roll bar brace. Those of you who have done this: Is the compass accurate? Do your elec gyros and radios cause errors? How far from electronic gear must I place it?

[glider4]

I had mine in right next to the comm radio and gyros on my old ship with no problems at all. These have a useful life of about 5 years or 500 hours flight time. I was told that by the Precision folks. I have a 6 year old one that will not turn at all. The rebuild from the factory is only 90% of the cost of a new one. I just bought a brand new Airpath C2300-L4 for my RV-8A. You can have my old Precision VCC if you want it. Just don't complain that it won't turn.
Al Thomas
N880AT (reserved)
RV-8A (fuselage)

[gorbak]

We placed ours in the panel and several sources told us that this is an acceptable practice.
I noticed this card to be very sensitive to metal and electrical current and was skeptical at first. I am told that the vibration of a plane actually improves the functionality of this unit. I will let you know if this is the case or if we have to move this to the windshield brace. Here is a shot of our panel with the Vertical Compass card in the panel.

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Pat Garboden and Todd Wiechman building in Wichita, KS
RV9-A 942WG (reserved) slider with O-235
RV9-A 942 PT (reserved) tip-up with O-320

[Excaptusmc]

Thanks. The location under the horizon in 942WG is exactly what I want to do. Let me know how it works out.