Jaap Woortman
11-20-2000, 07:50 PM
Is there still a Navigationsdrehscheibe or Kompasskompensierscheibe(compass swinging base) existing?
Modifications in the configuration of a plane have an influence on the behaviour of it's magnetic compass. Also reparations can influence this behaviour. So therefore it was necessary to tune the magnetic compass from time to time. North should be north and south should be south. Always with the right magnetic deviation. In the Luftwaffe this was done with a Navigationsdrehscheibe. Sometimes also called Kompasskompensierscheibe. In translation a compass swinging base. This was a piece of equipment with which it was possible to bring the plane in a "flying"(horizontal) position and swing the plane(manual or by motors) in the proper position relative to Magnetic Northpole. In Anders Johansen book about Aalborg-West I have found some nice information about type ND 12/30Ae.
In the Netherlands, at Gilze-Rijen airforce base, the remnants of an original Navigattionsdrehscheibe are still present.
Although not complete and in a bad shape after so many years.
My question is:"Is there more information about the several types of the Navigationsdrehscheibe and have more installations survived the war and the expansion of the NATO bases after the war"?
Jaap
[This message has been edited by Jaap Woortman (edited 22 November 2000).]
Modifications in the configuration of a plane have an influence on the behaviour of it's magnetic compass. Also reparations can influence this behaviour. So therefore it was necessary to tune the magnetic compass from time to time. North should be north and south should be south. Always with the right magnetic deviation. In the Luftwaffe this was done with a Navigationsdrehscheibe. Sometimes also called Kompasskompensierscheibe. In translation a compass swinging base. This was a piece of equipment with which it was possible to bring the plane in a "flying"(horizontal) position and swing the plane(manual or by motors) in the proper position relative to Magnetic Northpole. In Anders Johansen book about Aalborg-West I have found some nice information about type ND 12/30Ae.
In the Netherlands, at Gilze-Rijen airforce base, the remnants of an original Navigattionsdrehscheibe are still present.
Although not complete and in a bad shape after so many years.
My question is:"Is there more information about the several types of the Navigationsdrehscheibe and have more installations survived the war and the expansion of the NATO bases after the war"?
Jaap
[This message has been edited by Jaap Woortman (edited 22 November 2000).]