I'm thinking of mounting a magnetic compass in the upper corner of my RV-8 panel, and I wanted to hear from people who mounted their compasses in similar locations. I'm worried about interference from the roll bar. Any feedback?
I'm thinking of mounting a magnetic compass in the upper corner of my RV-8 panel, and I wanted to hear from people who mounted their compasses in similar locations. I'm worried about interference from the roll bar. Any feedback?
Try moving the compass around in front of the panel. Note any big swings in direction. These would be the places "not" to mount it.
I mounted mine in the lower center, figuring that location would require the least adjustment of the compensating magnets to keep it giving a good reading.
I bought a previously flying, but currently disassembled -8. This airplane had the compass mounted on the glareshield. I'm doing the same thing as 174Bob&Nancy. I removed the compass, and will be relying on the Dynon EFIS D-100 for magnetic heading information. If the EFIS throws craps on me the GPS will get me where I need to go. If you have this sort of setup in your airplane you might want to consider it.
I considered this too, but I figured that if the electrons decided to exit the plane "en-mass", I'd have the airspeed, altimiter and whisky compass working without the aid of said electrons. I figured that with a Sectional and the above instruments, I could find my way to an airport and land.
Mine is on the far left side, mid-panel. There's a picture in my write-up in the Virtual Hangar section. Look for Chris Pratt's RV-8. It's an old post so you'll probably need to go back a year or 18 months to see it.
If you really want it somplace in particular, you can use the brute force method. Route high current noisy wires away from it, and deguass any magnetized items in the area. I really wanted my compass in the top left of my panel and set out to make it work. It does. Link here:
Don't place it anywhere near the hobbs meter. I had to relocate my hobbs meter as it was causing major interference. Every little 'tick' on meter caused the compass to swing.
I'm thinking of mounting a magnetic compass in the upper corner of my RV-8 panel, and I wanted to hear from people who mounted their compasses in similar locations. I'm worried about interference from the roll bar. Any feedback?
