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Subject: Re: [TR] Quest
From: Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:49:39 -0700
CFisher@borgwarner.com wrote:

>Just curiouse on the compass being affected by car chassis, current flows
>etc. How much potential error are we practicly talking about? Less that 5
>degrees? Potentially 45 or 90 degrees?
>
>Curt Fisher
>

I use an Airguide bubble compass and it reads the same regardless of 
engine on/off, headlights, accessories, etc.

I've got it dialed in to about 5 degrees of accuracy which works for me 
-- I'm more interested in what general direction a road is taking me 
than, say, trying to find Bar Harbor Maine in a dense fog with an open boat.

Geo Hahn



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