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(a) [i]When you say precious ..[/i] contrived, artificial. In this context, and presuming that you are in the small piston aircraft learning phas...
There be a danger in reading only bits of any requirements document ... (a) ENR 1.5-14 para 1.16 gives you a general limit speed of 130 kt .. to wh...
I'll leave it for Bob to comment on what CASA may want to see in the answer .. and forget "advised" .. your employer is obligated to provide, and requ...
If I may add a comment to Bob's answer. Although a bit beyond PPL/CPL level, it is worth keeping in mind that Cd and Cl also involve two other non-...
[i]Is it accurate to use this table given the wind and heading for an in flight situation, not a runway?[/i] It doesn't matter one iota whether yo...
[b]Fuel Flow[/b] To figure gallons per hour, we could also work it out as gallons per 60 minutes, there being 60 minutes in a hour. Two options f...
Thanks for that, good sir. One can only wonder at the need for a multiplicity of books from CASA with repeated data ...
A quick question, if I may, Bob. I omitted the MZFW case as I couldn't locate a FR value or information to determine such (although I should have c...
I don't have a copy of Bob's text so I am not sure just what a "beetle diagram" is. However, I suspect that this question has been reworked from an...
Following on a bit from Bob's comments in the last post ... The following may be of interest and use to those who prefer whizz wheels over gadgets ...
[i]I can confirm the answer was 2700kg.[/i] Answer was wrong, unfortunately .. but the reworking will have given you some useful thinking and pract...
My concern, exactly. 2700kg would require something like getting the altimetry calculations back to front. My first cut gives a bit over 2...
[i]while hypoxia creeps up unawares and leads to feelings of euphoria,[/i] A note of caution is appropriate. One of the reasons the military ...
Now had a chance to play with the chart. Could I get you to recheck the answer given (2700 kg) in the question bank, please ? (I don't have acc...
I'll print a copy out and work it later on - have a meeting to go to now. Observations from a quick look on the screen - you might (a) check bo...