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I did a nice flight last night from Doncaster to Manchester via a fly around my home in Sheffield, while over the peak district (ladybower dam) i put on the external view, while looking at the compass i noticed a small box on the top left of my heading in light blue saying (HDG 020) and one on the right in purple (CRS 264) and another near the bottom (XTK 2.64NM) What are these numbers telling me.

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You don't mention which aircraft, and I'm not familiar with a compass that has those type of readouts*, but the HDG 202 says that your magnetic heading is 020º, or NNE; the CRS 264 would indicate that your course (perhaps the heading bur or autopilot setup) is set at 264º (almost due west), and the XTK 2.64NM indicates that you are 2.64 Nautical Miles from wherever XTK is (airport, VOR, whatever).

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* You may be looking at a gyro compass (directional gyro) or HSI (Horizontal Situation Indicator) rather than a "whisky" compass, that is, one with fluid and a rotating float inside.

 

Larry N.

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yes is the MSFS 2020 in the cessna 152

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