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[i][b]Pressure Height and Pressure Altitude are interchangeable terms - they refer to AMSL.[/b][/i] 'fraid that's not quite correct. Pressure he...
[color=blue][i][b]I have included the TAS and other such tables in the supplement because the CASA syllabus requires that you should be able to extrac...
I'll leave it for Bob/Stuart to comment on what the examiner wants these days. Obviously, if he wants to see interpolations to 5 decimals, then give...
Our interest is in trying to help you get around your problem. If you post a scan of a couple of sample calculations, perhaps we can do just that ?
If I may add some amplification to Bob's comments - (a) as part of the certification flight test process, the TPs make assessments based on the Sta...
[color=blue][i][b]At this stage I am using a formula which doesnt take long to work out once the ZFW has been calculated but it doesnt get me an exact...
Probably not much in the way of efficiency gains to be made, I'm afraid. On the other hand, once you have done the hard yards in (b), below, you cer...
Your problem, on this occasion, is that you are misreading or misinterpreting what the question is trying to tell you. Especially when something is...
hmmm ... perhaps my earlier eyeball run around the carpets might have been a tad casual. This time I have done what I should have done first off...
[i][b]I'm also getting the same answer. Runway 09 with 20kt headwind gives 2900 kg MTOW, Runway 18/36 (with 20kt crosswind) also give me 2900kg...[/b]...
[i][b]I am using the ASA E6B big flight computer. It has an effective TAS scale.[/b][/i] (Edit following some further net research) I had an ini...
Perhaps a bit of background, first, rather than just trying to answer your specific question. "Effective TAS" confuses lots of students, mainly bec...
[i][b][b]It confuses me when it states the fuel onboard at takeoff is 300L but does that include the fixed reserve, variable and taxi allowance?[/b][/...
A bit of amplification to Bob's post - The relevant Orders are (a) CAO 100.7 which controls what the maintenance/engineering/WCO folk generally...
I haven't seen any of the exam questions to which you refer - mine were done a long time before any of you probably were born. However, your commen...