replacing chart (shift-5) with sextant

[Zacke]

Hey guys,

I intend to replace the shift-5-chart with Dave Bitzer's sextant. I assume the mentioned chart is really just a 2D-window or does it have any system relevance and I should not change that?

Thanks in advance,
Zacke

[Nick - A2A]

Hi Zacke,

It shouldn't do any harm if you wish to edit the panel.cfg to show a different 2-D gauge with the Shift 5 combo.

However, fitting an astrodome to the Comanche may take a little more work.

Cheers,
Nick

[Zacke]

And a dome absolutely would destroy Comanches beautiful streamlines...

Serious: I'm looking forward to do a rtw tour without using modern navigation like GPS or so.

Anyway curios: If one's using a built in GPS within the Comanche and the HSI shows GPS track following I assume you still have to compensate gyro drift from time to time. Or is there then an integrated compensation via GPS?

[Nick - A2A]

Yep, there's no automatic correction for gyro drift in the Comanche. As you say, you'll need to periodically correct the HSI compass card whether you're following magenta lines or using ground-based navaids.

Thanks,
Nick