Unlike the current Cessna Wet Compass, a new generic wet compass for Saitek/Logitech FIP (Flight Instrument Panel) has been created to cope with a larger number of different types of aircraft, including BeechCraft, Piper, Mooney, Robinson, etc. The compass has been requested for quite some times but I hadn’t had a good idea of how to do it right in the first place until recently.
In addition, the new compass comes with 4 slightly different designs so as to better match with the different layouts in various cockpit requirements.
Although the differences between these designs may not be significant; however, these little or unnoticable touches, are many of the essences I’ve been putting in my gauges. Because I believe, many times, what makes somethings special are the little things we sometimes ignore. Continue reading →