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Heading indicator

The heading indicator (HI), also known as a directional gyro (DG) or direction indicator (DI), is a flight instrument used in an aircraft to inform the pilot of the aircraft's heading.

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Heading indicator

Nodes16
Edges15
Triples18
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.125
Components1

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Heading indicator

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related to Operation · 10
Heading indicator → Another, As, Because, Earth, Failure, It, Latitude, Otherwise, The, To
related to Use · 4
Heading indicator → Dip, Earth's, The, To
related to Variations · 4
Heading indicator → Earth's, Some, The, These

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heading indicator aircraft compass magnetic drift pilot also errors error horizontal earth apparent gyro flight gyroscope dip using plane latitude

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationThe0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationAs0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationEarth0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationBecause0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationLatitude0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationTo0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationOtherwise0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationFailure0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationAnother0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to OperationIt0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to UseThe0.60section
Heading indicatorrelated to UseEarth's0.60section

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