Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 1.3.4 - Magnetic Compass

Master Instrument Flight: From Basics to IFR Certification

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What you'll learn

Execute basic attitude instrument flight using control and performance concepts
Interpret and comply with standard instrument departure and arrival procedures
Fly holding patterns and perform the three standard entry procedures
Plan and execute a non-precision or precision instrument approach to published minima

This course includes

8 hours of video
Certificate of completion
Access on mobile and TV

Summary

Keywords

instrument rating magnetic compass IFR training instrument pilot Epic Flight Academy compass deviation compass variation magnetic dip magnetic inclination compass turning errors acceleration error IFR flight instruments

Full Transcript

Welcome to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson explains the Magnetic Compass in detail, breaking down how this vital navigation instrument operates and how it’s influenced by other systems within the aircraft. Pilots will learn how the compass remains calibrated to Earth’s magnetic poles while understanding the errors that can occur during flight. This lesson covers key concepts like variation, deviation, and magnetic dip, along with northerly/southerly turning errors and acceleration errors—all critical for maintaining heading accuracy under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). #InstrumentRating #EpicFlightAcademy #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #FlightTraining #PilotTraining #LearnToFly 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 0:40 – Magnetic Compass 1:42 – Cross Section of the Magnetic Compass 3:37 – Magnetic Compass Errors 3:50 – Why Do We Have Variation? 4:35 – Why Do We Have Deviation? 5:21 – What Is Magnetic Dip (Inclination)? 7:10 – Northerly/Southerly Turning Errors 8:26 – Acceleration Error 8:52 – Summary 🎓 Start Your Instrument Pilot Training: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/instrument-rating/ This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching": https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Teaching-Instructors-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0752BPPW7 Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicflightacademy Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicfltacademy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicflightacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-flight-academy Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/