John Heddles
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Pitot Heat

Ah, I'd need to do some hunting around the regs to see what mischief CASA has put where. Good exercise for you to do, perhaps ? However, if you ar...

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ERSA aerodrome coordinates

Refer ERSA FAC for the aerodrome. LHS fourth line from the top of the first page. Format XX.XXXX S XXX.XXXX E.

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Glide Range and Endurance

Hang in there. It progressively makes more and more sense as you keep reading and thinking it through. Very few of the pilot trainee folks are abl...

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Glide Range and Endurance

[color=blue][color=]Just note that Bob makes mention to weight not changing the Best L/D ,[/color][/color] And that is a reasonable approximation. ...

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Glide Range and Endurance

[color=blue]When you say the “Actual L/D changes when weight increases ! You are referring to the increase in lift required due to the increase in wei...

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Glide Range and Endurance

First, it is absolutely great to see that you are thinking more deeply about this aspect of the story rather than just skimming the texts and trying t...

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Range and Endurance

[color=blue]but doesn’t this mean that the faster aircraft now has more parasite drag than the slower aircraft therefore reducing its range capabiliti...

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Different of AMSL and Pressure Height

Bob has shown the distinction clearly with the sketch. That is, you need to consider the pressure datum level from which the altimeter reading is ta...

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Online Exam - Loading system Charlie

Just a comment: you may have sourced a solution to your question but, if you had the problem, chances are that others will have some as well. Always ...

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Whiz Wheel (aka Circular Slide Rule) required for RPL Exam?

[color=blue]I went out and (perhaps prematurely) bought a Circular E6-B.[/color] If you were adamant that you weren't going past RPL/PPL, I might h...

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Loading System Bravo

I rather think that the Cheetah would look swish with a roof rack. Spoil all that work that Grumman did differentiating it from the Traveller with ...

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Loading System Bravo

Just came across this thread while having a look here and there. If I may now add to my previous post, having done some more digging about in the i...

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starting on CPL

Well done, Ravi, on getting the PPL material out of the way. I can well understand the practical difficulties involved in fitting everything in. ...

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CNAV exam flight computer

This link gives you the following information [color=blue]Nav equipment and electronic calculators[/color] When permitted, the term 'Nav eq...

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Rate turns

We are looking at angular time rate of change, hence the degrees/second idea. The 3/6/9/12 idea is the usual story. I wouldn't fuss too much about ...

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