Re: First the AI, then the DG, then...?

"Jay Honeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > Probally a dumb question, but I have to ask. would a GPS not be more
> > accurate than a DG ?
> 
> Yes, but many autopilots are "slaved" to a "heading bug" on your DG.  This
> set-up pre-dates GPS by decades, and is much cheaper than the (seemingly
> simpler) GPS-autopilot connection.
> 
> Again, there is no logic to this -- but what else is new?

     A DG gives heading, a GPS gives track. Two very different things.

 Dan