diff --git a/pi/ui/lib/screens/dashboard_screen.dart b/pi/ui/lib/screens/dashboard_screen.dart
index 55fac30..d7b7cad 100644
--- a/pi/ui/lib/screens/dashboard_screen.dart
+++ b/pi/ui/lib/screens/dashboard_screen.dart
@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ class _DashboardScreenState extends State<DashboardScreen> {
                     wsState: _wsState,
                   ),
 
-                  const SizedBox(height: 5),
+                  const SizedBox(height: 2),
 
                   // Main content area - big stat boxes
                   Expanded(
-                    flex: 8,
+                    flex: 7,
                     child: Row(
                       children: [
                         // Attitude indicator (whiskey mark)
@@ -231,11 +231,12 @@ class _DashboardScreenState extends State<DashboardScreen> {
 
                   // Bottom stats row
                   Expanded(
-                    flex: 2,
+                    flex: 3,
                     child: Row(
                       mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.spaceEvenly,
                       children: [
                         StatBox(value: _formatInt(_rpm), label: 'RPM', isWarning: () => (_rpm ?? 0) > 4000),
+                        GpsCompass(heading: 147),
                         StatBox(value: _formatGear(_gear), label: 'GEAR'),
                       ],
                     ),
diff --git a/pi/ui/lib/widgets/gps_compass.dart b/pi/ui/lib/widgets/gps_compass.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64ad128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pi/ui/lib/widgets/gps_compass.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import '../theme/app_theme.dart';
+
+class GpsCompass extends StatelessWidget {
+  final double? heading;
+
+  const GpsCompass({super.key, this.heading});
+
+  bool get _hasSignal => heading != null && !heading!.isNaN && heading! >= 0 && heading! < 360;
+
+  String get _displayHeading {
+    if (!_hasSignal) return '—°';
+    return '${heading!.round()}°';
+  }
+
+  @override
+  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
+    final theme = AppTheme.of(context);
+
+    // No signal = subdued color, valid = foreground
+    final color = _hasSignal ? theme.foreground : theme.subdued;
+
+    // Convert to radians, 0 = no rotation when no signal
+    final angle = _hasSignal ? (heading! * math.pi / 180.0) : 0.0;
+
+    return Column(
+      mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
+      children: [
+        Flexible(
+          flex: 3,
+          child: Transform.rotate(
+            angle: angle,
+            child: FittedBox(
+              fit: BoxFit.contain,
+              child: Icon(
+                Icons.navigation,
+                size: 60,
+                color: color,
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+        Flexible(
+          flex: 1,
+          child: FittedBox(
+            fit: BoxFit.contain,
+            child: Text(
+              _displayHeading,
+              style: TextStyle(
+                fontSize: 30,
+                color: color,
+                fontFamily: 'DIN1451',
+              ),
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ],
+    );
+  }
+}