Wed Dec 08, 2021 10:05 am
#1887145
VRB_20kt wrote:Well WRT your test AIUI only one leg now needs to be completed without the aid of GPS.
Potentially helpful things for map, stopwatch and compass include:
Ensure you pick a start point for the leg where you are actually at cruising speed - it makes the stopwatch even more reliable.
The starting point for the first leg doesn't have to be at the airfield. If there's somewhere easy and unmistakeable a few miles away then get to cruise height and use that.
As ever, check with your instructor.
Brilliant!
The starting point for the first leg doesn't have to be at the airfield. If there's somewhere easy and unmistakeable a few miles away then get to cruise height and use that.
This is so good - I always go up and leave from the centre of the runway overhead but at the same time i'm still getting into the 'feel' of being up again. Next time I'll use somewhere I know really well which points in directions I know too. Great!
You can use a part of the airframe as a reference marker - eg the strut on a C150/152.
I'm not sure I quite get this one. Like using the wing to start a base turn?
Fly slightly to the right of the line on the chart (airspace permitting) - it puts everything of interest in the front left quadrant.
Yep did this in low-level nav. So much fun. One of the highlights. Loved it and so easy! Sort of a 'ha look at you standing there on the platform.'
Try to set a cruise speed of 90kt - it makes the maths a lot easier.
Why didn't I know this?! Awesome tip.
In most training aircraft, anything just on the nose is about 3 miles away - about two minutes.
I'll try this too.
Thank you.