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JackZ wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 1:57 pm To be picky (you know me ), the compas rose should probably be mounted on a gimbal to stay horizontal during turns?

That’s the power of mind and a good immersion factor : you could swear the compass rose is pulling Gs during turns

As a matter of fact, Jacques, not until I actually built that wet compass did I really paid attention to the way FSX (or P3D) neatly simulated compass behavior !

I was amazed by the way the compass rose swung during acceleration at take-off (or deceleration during landings).

Also, and it reminds me flight training when I was a young and eager student pilot, when performing full circle turns at constant bank angle, you can see in the sim that the compass is « nervous » approaching north and « sluggish  » near south : As real as it gets !
I still need to perform this check in Australia to see it is reversed though

Aha, the infamous ANDS & SAND: accelerate North, decelerate South!
I didn’t dare to offer to put into the casing a DOUBLE gimbal to emulate as well the acceleration factor, which I didn’t knew FSX emulated!
Very well done already!

Jacques

Ralph wrote: ↑Sun May 02, 2021 1:33 pm I'll see if I can remember to try a stepper on an Uno this week.

Hi Ralph,
Any update on your test ?

Hi Ralph and the Team,

Still looking forward to hearing from your stepper motor tests under the latest AM 4.0 release...
Should I open an other thread ?

Thank you in advance for your support
Francois

Didn't have time. Need to finish the administration very soon

Hi everyone,
without more info on Stepper Motor actual useage under AM 4.0.1 I reverted back to AM 3.7.1 and, guess what, my Wet Compass is working again !
I'm still interested, though, on your feedback regarding this Arduino UNO/Stepper Motor DIR & STEP commands unsatisfactory outcome...
Francois

Problem is solved by updating AM to the 4.0.2 release.