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compass card

[′käm·pəs ‚kärd]
(design engineering)
The part of a compass on which the direction graduations are placed, it is usually in the form of a thin disk or annulus graduated in degrees, clockwise from 0° at the reference direction to 360°, and sometimes also in compass points.

compass card

compass card
A drumlike scale, marked in degrees from 001° to 360°, fastened around the float in an aircraft magnetic compass.
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So, the difference between a rather challenging NDB approach and one that you could fly with relative ease was a fixed or manually adjustable compass card behind the bearing pointer versus a compass card that turned with your heading.
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Since the entire VOR/LOC/GPS display rotates with the compass card, the angular relationship between the deviation bar and the symbolic aircraft fixed in the center of the instrument provides a pictorial display of the aircraft's position with respect to the selected course.
Finally, the HSI compass card can be slaved to a magnetic sensor or non-slaved like your basic heading indicator.
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The HSI has a short pointer that you set to the desired course on the compass card around the outside.
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