John Heddles
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Clearance of obstacles- who is responsible

A vexed question. The answer is easy - Captain Speaking is the answer. Now, the problems (and this stuff is my stock in trade as an operations e...

4 years ago
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Load factors and % of wing span for ground effect

I may be out of order on the exam specifics - will follow that up and come back in due course. I had presumed (perhaps incorrectly now that you have...

4 years ago
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Load factors and % of wing span for ground effect

[color=blue][i][b]Unfortunately the permitted materials for the CPL aerodynamics exam are just a basic calculator (non scientific). It seems in this...

4 years ago
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Load factors and % of wing span for ground effect

[color=blue][i][b]With the load factors will they ask for odd bank angles in the exam, eg. 23 degrees? Or will it just be the standard 30, 45, 60, 75,...

4 years ago
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Effect of weight on radius of turn

[color=blue][i][b]I can see that in your book it explains that weight has absolutely no effect on Radius or Rate of turn.[/b][/i][/color] What thi...

4 years ago
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Climb Weight limits

[color=blue][i][b]drawing the line throughout the entire chart [/b][/i][/color] This establishes the field length limited TOW. [color=blue][i][b...

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Fwd limit- splitting hairs

When it comes to interpreting the semantics of a question, we probably need to read the specific question(s) under consideration. The devil usually ...

4 years ago
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PPL 1 in 60 Question

[color=blue][i][b]In the [color=red]questions[/color] I've been doing using the formula hasn't been working[/b][/i][/color] You made reference to q...

4 years ago
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Exercise 5.13 help

The reason I keep pushing the mantra not to jump willy-nilly into equations and "canned" formulae is that that is the easiest way to make simple mista...

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Exercise 5.13 help

Perhaps recheck your ballast formula and all might magically become right ....

4 years ago
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PPL 1 in 60 Question

First, may I suggest steer clear of going straight to a formula to solve these sorts of questions. Far too easy to make a mistake and deny yourself ...

4 years ago
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What happened to the declared density altitude charts in the VFRG?

If you want the declared charts, our good friend, Bosi, put a link to them here

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Density height

You're getting a little ahead of yourself. (a) work out the pressure height. You can find yourself in strife if you work on the elevation when Q...

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What happened to the declared density altitude charts in the VFRG?

[color=blue][i][b]doesn't seem to contain the declared density altitude charts[/b][/i][/color] Appears they have been consigned to the waste bins o...

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Declared Density Charts?

[color=blue][i][b]I was curious what is being used now for operations at ALAs with[/color] [i][b][color=red]no elevation data available[/color][/b][/i...

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