Tue Aug 28, 2018 11:02 am
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Most training organisations would recommend a 500.
Moderator: AndyR
mattmoxon wrote:I used a 1:250,000 as it was big enough to have everything on it I needed, including the full QXC route which would otherwise have spanned two 1:500,000 charts.
So I would echo @Merlin83b, get whichever your school/instructor tell you to use.
mick w wrote:mattmoxon wrote:I used a 1:250,000 as it was big enough to have everything on it I needed, including the full QXC route which would otherwise have spanned two 1:500,000 charts.
Do you have this Chart about Face ??.
Morten wrote:mick w wrote:mattmoxon wrote:I used a 1:250,000 as it was big enough to have everything on it I needed, including the full QXC route which would otherwise have spanned two 1:500,000 charts.
Do you have this Chart about Face ??.
I guess we can deduce that @mick w 's QXC was somewhere around the join of 2 1:500,000 charts, which is closer to the middle of a 1:250,000 chart, e.g. at the longitude of Manchester or Leeds.
From e.g. Pooley's:
"Half mil" charts:
"Quarter-mil" charts
Rob P wrote:It pays huge dividends if you master the McKillop fold.
https://www.nodomainname.co.uk/duncanof.htm
It reduces the chart to a manageable size for the cockpit and makes accessing the next section simple, without the need for three hands and a larger cabin.
Rob P
Morten wrote:. And then there's always a suitable GPS moving map alternative as well
Morten wrote:mick w wrote:mattmoxon wrote:I used a 1:250,000 as it was big enough to have everything on it I needed, including the full QXC route which would otherwise have spanned two 1:500,000 charts.
Do you have this Chart about Face ??.
I guess we can deduce that @mattmoxon's QXC was somewhere around the join of 2 1:500,000 charts, which is closer to the middle of a 1:250,000 chart, e.g. at the longitude of Manchester or Leeds.
From e.g. Pooley's:
"Half mil" charts:
"Quarter-mil" charts
Morten wrote:If you want the ability to never have to unfold it bigger than book-size regardless of track followed, a more intuitive way to unfold as you go along and no limits on the size you will need to use something like the Falk folding technique like I described here. It is very nifty but requires a bit more work - and a knife!