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ROB. THOMASSON
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P12 compass

Post by ROB. THOMASSON » Sun Oct 05, 2014 5:55 pm

Has anyone out there got either the tool for aligning the P12 or the instruction book? Unlike normal compasses they have 4 small square adjusters and they have no labels! The tool is like a tiny version of a radiator bleed tool and as to the procedure,,,,
There's 4 adjusters as I say and they interact like hell!
I can do a normal compass easily but this one is proving tricky!
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Ian Law
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Re: P12 compass

Post by Ian Law » Tue Oct 07, 2014 8:34 am

Rob,

I've a copy of AP 1234 (RAF Air Nav. etc d/d 1944) and there are 2 or 3 pages of instructions covering P type compass swinging, but they seem quite involved and too long winded for me to copy here.

If you haven't already managed to swing your compass, I'll copy the pages and e-mail them to you, if that would help. ( I assume I can do this via a "PM"?)

Best of luck!

Ian

Harry Hopkins
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Re: P12 compass

Post by Harry Hopkins » Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:22 pm

Ian,

Would you be kind enough to copy the instructions to me at:

[email protected]

Many thanks and best wishes,

Harry
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Ian Law
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Re: P12 compass

Post by Ian Law » Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:24 pm

Will do Harry - & the best of luck - it will be a long read!

Ian

ROB. THOMASSON
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Re: P12 compass

Post by ROB. THOMASSON » Wed Oct 08, 2014 7:57 pm

If you could scan them it would be great. It's rubbish weather so will give me something to read. If you send it to [email protected] that would be fabulous!
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