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[jf1981]

Originally Posted by maki4444

One more question tough. With realistic navigation....how do you orient yourself after an excruciating dogfight?

Hi,

Personally, if needed, I would look at the magnetic compass, the yellow T marker points the north hence you know what's your orientation.

For British a/c you cannot directly read the degree value, but there's a trick, you you keep the two parallel lines pointed straight, then you have to mirror your reading, for example, the yellow T is at 0° you're heading toward north, if it's at 180 you're heading south, 90 for 270 and 270 for 90, eg pointing 300 heading 60, pointing 200 heading 160 so on.

With just very little practice, easy read of your act heading.

I've set keys to turn the gyroscopic heading indicator and tune it based on an accurate magnetic reading when I need to navigate for a while, then return the view a little back and right, and read the gyro through the hole in the cockpit sticker (hurri /spit).