Last seen: Feb 14, 2026
An additional comment - make full use of your calculator's accumulator (memory) function. Saves lots of effort and carries the calculation through i...
While there will be a bit of variation amongst examiners, they are following CASA guidelines. If you approach the pre-flight oral brief as being a v...
Ravi, Great to see that you are managing to fit in the flying stuff in amongst the demands of your day job. Welcome to the wonderful world o...
[color=blue]If a P chart question provides only density height (e.g. DH = 4000 ft) with no temperature, Bob Tait suggests using ISA temperature for th...
And a good question, it is. [color=blue]If actual wind / ambient wind / given W/V is provided, should we use that for both takeoff and landing char...
[color=blue]From the CR3 manual, if the drift is more than 10ยบ then Effective TAS must be considered, otherwise it is ignored.[/color] Just a sidel...
You're trying to overthink things a bit, I fear. Doesn't matter whether you do the calculation using the AIP tables or mathematically, using the CR...
Be aware, though, that Bob's booklet is fine but the CASA booklet carries the day in the exam and the latter doesn't fuss about the order of fuel load...
More importantly, keep in mind that the material in the exams is quite dated. Back in the day, P charts in Australia were required to have various f...
[color=blue]When calculating back from the ETP to point A, which ground speed do I use when finding time? Is it ground speed on or ground speed home?[...
You're missing the point behind the book's recommendation. I suggest that there is naught wrong with your thought processes. If you are looking f...
Not entirely sure that I understand what your concern is. Your formulae are OK. [color=blue]the amount to add, offload or unload[/color] Thes...
[color=blue]If say, I subtract 10% from 165 I am left with 148.5. 10% being 16.5.[/color] That's fine and quite correct ........ but it has absolut...
Will, That's a Dalton. Originally designed (in several forms) by Philip Dalton in the US in the mid-30s. After the patents expired, every ma...
First, if you are using an E6B (Dalton), ETAS is absolutely irrelevant as the Dalton solves the wind triangle purely graphically. This process makes...