After you take up the heading of 230°M, your ADF reading will constantly change as you approach the outbound track of 200°M. When you cross that tr...
Congratulations Ron, Aerodynamics seems to give students more trouble than expected. The feedback I get is always that they had trouble understand...
Thanks mate. We are all as thrilled as you are at your excellent results. It has been a pleasure working with you and we wish you all the very best...
Thanks for the feed-back Martin. I've checked the books we have in stock and they are all OK. No one else has reported that problem so it looks like...
The CAR also says you must carry 'sufficient fuel' The same phrases are often used in traffic regulations. I guess they're there to give lawyers som...
There is a difference between the thrust and power curves. Thrust is a force which opposes drag and therefore makes flight possible. Since thrust an...
VTOSS is usually not less than 1.2 times Vs in the take-off configuration i.e. with take-off flap extended and landing gear down. Since VTOSS is usu...
A lot of these airspace procedures have been taken from the Yanks. 1600m is one statute mile in Americanese. I can't think of any reason why a speci...
Tia Welcome aboard. It's great to hear you are enjoying your study - after all, if you're not having fun, why would you do it? Hope we can be of ...
That's very interesting. I must admit, we were wondering where such a forum name came from. What a different world those young men experienced. Ima...
Michael I've been trying to track down a national body that represents the UAV movement to the government. Is there such a body? Bob
No, BOD is BOD. It is found from the BOD/EOD charts in AIP GEN 2.7. The reference for BOD + 10 minutes holding is AIP ENR 1.1 para 58.4.5. Keep...
Gidday Michael Welcome to the forums. The UAV industry certainly is an exciting and fast growing sector of Australian aviation. I have often felt...
Good choice of aircraft. The Decathlon was named after the Olympic sport where competitors are good at many events but not the world's best in any on...
FPT plus or minus TE = TMG. It depends on whether the direction of the TMG is to the left or to the right of the direction of the FPT, That is, whet...