John Heddles
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Gaps gaps and more gaps - Never too late to start again 🙂

If I may offer some comments, as aircraft performance is one of my professional engineering areas of specialisation. [color=blue][i][b]Regarding ex...

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Failed CPL performance

If I may offer some further comments. [color=blue][i][b]I use Ersa/Aip conversion page for hw/xw calculation. A bit more precise than e6b and I thi...

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Failed CPL performance

[color=blue][i][b]ASA-E6B-CIRC calculator wind calc accuracy[/b][/i][/color] I am presuming that this is the ASA implementation of the Jepp CR slid...

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Failed CPL performance

[color=blue][i][b]with more than enough reasonable accuracy for the exams what is the accuracy required when they ask for exact answers to the neares...

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Failed CPL performance

[color=blue][i][b]magnifying specs[/b][/i][/color] Certainly useful for us old blokes as the eyes' performance progressively deteriorates ... [...

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Failed CPL performance

Some thoughts. [color=blue][i][b]The thing I was disappointed in was that I had at least 5 questions based on performance charts[/b][/i][/color] ...

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CFPA Exam

What is likely to be in the exam is up to the examiner. The only constraint on the style of question should be that it relates in a reasonable manne...

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Weight to shift or add formula

First, if you run a longhand calculation with your answer, what do you come up with ? And if you run a longhand calculation with the question's sug...

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In a climb

[color=blue][i][b]trying to get the exams out of the way first[/b][/i][/color] A good strategy as this then allows you to progress in your flying a...

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In a climb

[color=blue][i][b]Would continually rolling out of a climbing turn bring you level[/b][/i][/color] Of course it would bring your wings level. But...

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In a climb

[color=blue][i][b].. the idea of staring at the artificial horizon .. Was to confirm that the angle of bank in relation to the horizon stayed the same...

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In a climb

Not quite - in a turn you will have set up the attitude and control loads required to maintain whatever it is you are setting out to do. There shoul...

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CPL NAV FUEL

Well done ! I'm sure everyone is happy for your successful result. John

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ROC question

CASA will always give preference to the local products. If you use Jepp, as an alternative, that's fine. Whichever you choose, for the exams you n...

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ROC question

Check AIP page ENR 1.4-11 para 5.2.4

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