13.3 Compasses
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13.3 Compasses

  13.3.1 One compass suitable for the craft and the intended area of service should be provided together with such repeaters as may be necessary.

  13.3.2 Where such a compass is operated by mechanical and electrical means, a suitable stand-by direct reading magnetic compass should be provided.

  13.3.3 The compass card or repeater should be capable of being easily read from the position at which the craft is normally controlled.

  13.3.4 A table of deviations should be provided for each magnetic compass and this should be checked annually, or whenever structural alterations or events have occurred which may cause large deviations.

  13.3.5 Care should be taken in siting the compass or sensing element so that magnetic interference is eliminated or minimized as much as is practicable.

  13.3.6 Where intermittent operation of other instruments affects the compass, notice of the crew should be drawn to the magnitude and sense of the deviations so caused.

Parent topic: Chapter 13 - Radiocommunications and Navigational Equipment
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