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Old 11-19-2012, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by notimejeff View Post
Headings measaured on the in-game map or FMB are in True. To get magnetic heading you add 10: the variation in 1940 was !0 degrees West, so add 10 to true to get magnetic. Have I got that wrong?
You got it right, if you want to fly geographic north, you need to set your in-game compass to 350.



In other words, if you fly straight North as shown on your compass you are actually flying 10° geographic.

*edit* now I see why you were asking, I wrote 'substract' but I added 10 in one bit.

*edit 2* - oh no, got it wrong here, of course you need to substract 10!
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Last edited by Robo.; 11-19-2012 at 04:17 PM.
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