Flying without an HSI

[Gatlingorange]

After having many hours in the A2A Comanche 250 I'm now committing to the Commander 114. In the Piper I got accustomed to using my HSI needle to fly circuits. It made me able to turn various legs with precision, and keeping me on track for most of them. I also find it very useful for my spatial awareness when looking for a field.

Any tips for doing such a thing with the Commander it's avionics? How do you guys do this without just looking at the field? I tried the heading bug but it's not as visible.

[Downwind]

Yes, that’s how it is with old school instruments. During my flight training a long time ago we didn’t even had a heading bug! But if you fly the Commander with a GPS (530, 750 etc) you can use the OBS to visualise the runway heading

[kityatyi]

Exactly my thoughts, literally! I just finished a quick flight - the first one in the Commander where I flew an actual route - and it's so weird not to have an HSI. It would be great to have one, at least as an option.

@Black-Square Could you add an HSI as an option that can be selected in the tablet?

[djd565]

The solid state OBI is cool but I would also love an HSI option also. Doesn’t even need to have a magnetometer.