John Heddles
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CPL Flight test - 15% factos

Indeed. The use of fudge factors in certification and operational requirements has a long and illustrious history. 15%, certainly, figures in...

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Runway Slopes

Slopes are problematic as the values quoted are not really relevant to performance analyses. Refer to AIP ERSA Intro 9 at para 21.2for the way ASA ...

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CPL Flight test - 15% factos

Not wishing to engage in argument at all, but a critical reading of the two cited references indicates - (a) [color=blue][i][b]Reading through thi...

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Power

[color=blue][i][b]For similar reasons that power required increases with height, wouldn't that mean that thrust required would increase aswell accordi...

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Power

Carello has given the usual story from the pilot text books but let's have a look at some real world numbers to get a check on all this theory stuff. ...

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Power

Welcome to the world of learning about things aeronautical. Speeds probably give more student engineers and pilots more headaches than anything ATC o...

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CPL Flight test - 15% factos

[color=blue][i][b]I was told by testing officer that 15% factor is added for each unknown component on the take off charts[/b][/i][/color] Utter no...

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Slopes in ERSA

Slope data is included in ERSA. See, for example,

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Alternate Fuel issues

[color=blue][i][b]Alternate is not included in variable calculation. However, the CPL Performance Supplement states company policy requires it to incl...

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Query re fuel calcs in practice exams - confused!

I think you've headed off up a blind valley. In effect, you have applied the variable reserve to your fixed reserve .. admirably conservative but no...

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aerodynamic

Same as an anti-servo tab. See here or here, for example,

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Aerodynamic

Perhaps you might have a read through this FAA link It probably shouldn't have much more than your textbook but it might explain in a way you can re...

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aerodynamic

Rate of climb for a piston prop combination relates to how much spare power you have up your sleeve. This relates, in turn to the shape of the power...

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Aerodynamic

You are asking a lot of questions which suggest that you should re-read your text book before posting. The answers generally are straightforward an...

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Aerodynamic

Static stability in any axis relates to the tendency of the aircraft to want to return to the previous undisturbed condition. In respect of directio...

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