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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897   
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This one's the Silva but there's loads cheaper on Ebay....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SILVA-Precision-Comp...3a603111c6 |
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8th Nov 2010 1:34am |
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| Vixen Member Since: 16 Mar 2010 Location: NSW, Orstraya Posts: 97 
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Trouble with those compasses is they never point in the same direction for long. Makes it hard to know where you are going
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8th Nov 2010 6:55am |
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| BigMike Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2253 
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You cant (shouldnt) use a standard compass in a vehicle, there's too much metal. a GPS based one is more accurate.
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8th Nov 2010 8:50am |
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| SiWhite Member Since: 19 Jan 2010 Location: North Hampshire Posts: 455 
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Ibexman, I've got that exact compass spare from my old 90 - PM me if you'd like to buy it! My blog - www.anacreinhampshire.blogspot.co.uk
110 TD5 BuildHERE - sold! 110 Tdci Build HERE - sold! Passat Alltrack - 4x4, auto, 45mpg, gloriously comfortable - but not a Defender! |
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8th Nov 2010 10:42am |
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| mse Member Since: 06 Apr 2008 Location: UK Posts: 5055 
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A standard compass yes - but there are compasses (or is it compi  ) designed for this application.
Aircraft have a compass set to compensate for the metal of the aircraft - i think its identical for the car one. Mike |
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8th Nov 2010 10:54am |
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| Steve B Member Since: 22 May 2009 Location: Warwickshire Posts: 587 
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I have this exact compass and it doesn't work, despite what it says suitable for cars it always points east. Maybe it will work in a French car but not my Defender with roll cage  |
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8th Nov 2010 9:29pm |
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| Mad Cow Member Since: 27 Oct 2009 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 292 
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Aluminium bodywork is not so bad as it's not magnetic, it's the steel bulkhead that can be the problem, you are after all sticking the compass right next to it. And it's got this great big lump of engine just in front of it, so no wonder adding a steel roll cage mucks it up completely
Oh yes and a steel bonnet and doors on a Puma 
I use the one on my iPhone, very good and can set it to point to either magnetic North (like a real compass) or True North. It is very sensitive though so swings back and fore when in motion but fine when you stop to ask "where the hell am I?" MAD COW 2007 90 Hard Top - 2009 BMW F800GS - 2002 CCM 604E Dual Sport Project90 |
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12th Nov 2010 3:47pm |
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