John Heddles
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Weight & Balance Envelope - Takeoff vs Cruise

Excellent question showing a fine degree of thought. Unfortunately, I have to disagree with your post. [color=blue]Is it correct to say the W&B en...

1 year ago
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Calculating compass direction

I suggest that we don't make too much of a mountain out of a molehill with this. The errors vary 0-2 degrees, ie not much at all. Assume that in...

1 year ago
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Normal Axis Terminology

With my engineering hat on, I'm afraid that I disagree with your colleague. The aircraft axes are (aircraft) body axes and the attitude of the airc...

1 year ago
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Normal Axis Terminology

If it helps you get your head around things, that's great.

1 year ago
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Normal Axis Terminology

Alan, Full marks to you for asking the question. A lot of folks would just roll their eyes up, shake their head a bit in shell shock ..... and ke...

2 years ago
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ESTABLISHED ON THE ILS

"Established" relates to tracking the LLZ. It is poor practice to intercept the GS other than from below so the usual story is that we track in usin...

2 years ago
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ESTABLISHED ON THE ILS

[color=blue]Full scale deflection of the Localiser[/color] FSD doesn't help at all as you could be anywhere outside the LLZ. Until you come off F...

2 years ago
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What does cruise level A075 mean? (seems like a stupid question I know)

[color=blue]Sorry if this a stupid question[/color] There are no stupid questions. There are, however, silly people who are reticent to ask a que...

2 years ago
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Question 51 in practice test (RPL/PPL Vol 2, p404)

[color=blue] you use the subscale to the right of the TAS.[/color] Perhaps you intended "to the left" ? Either way you have fallen trap to a ver...

2 years ago
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Why not ETAS in this problem?

The cited question contains two typos. (a) answer (a) should read 158 nm - just finger trouble which was corrected towards the bottom of the soluti...

2 years ago
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ETAS - lost at sea

I'm not sure that I follow your points precisely. However, if my comments are not specifically relevant, please do post again and I'll try a second ...

2 years ago
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ETAS - lost at sea

I hadn't seen that previously, Bob, rather cute. However, not much value unless the student has a go, himself/herself, with pencil etc. and a sheet...

2 years ago
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ETAS - lost at sea

If we mark up the previous graphic with the various quantities, it becomes a bit easier to follow – [attachment=2483]man triangle marked up.JPG[/...

2 years ago
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ETAS - lost at sea

Some thoughts, pending further post information from the OP. [color=blue]I'm using an E6B.[/color] First, nothing much wrong with the E6B (Dalto...

2 years ago
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ETAS - lost at sea

The OP hasn't been on site for a while. I will need to make up some graphics in the next little while and then I will address such of his questions...

2 years ago
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