Stay on this heading ?

[digsy]

Does anyone know of a schematic/component that could be used to keep a plane on a particular heading ?

I'm not thinking of anything as fancy as a GPS - more just to keep the plane headed in the direction it was going when you "flip the switch".

I know the FMS co-pilot would probably do this but I was wondering if there was a DIY way.


Thanks,
Digsy

[sesat]

The FMS Co-Pilot will not do this. A heading-hold gyro (a model helicopter accessory) will do this if the rudder only affects the yaw axis, else you need to augment it with attitude stabilisation (fmacp).


Ram.

edit: it is one thing to "stay on this heading", but that wont get you to where you were initialy going, because side-to-side motions of the aircraft (crosswind translation).

[digsy]

edit: it is one thing to "stay on this heading", but that wont get you to where you were initialy going, because side-to-side motions of the aircraft (crosswind translation).

I guess I was more thinking of keeping it on a compass heading rather than just flying in a straight line.

But then theres still the problem of cross-winds.

Ah well - another idea crushed lol ;)

[Acetronics]

Hi, Digsy

;) What about That ???

http://www.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/ETC/CMPS03.html

Alain