John Heddles
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Confussion on NDB intercept calculations from the Text Book.

First, a caveat. I don't know anything about HATs and the like. I was brought up on the ADF to orient, orient, orient ... and then do some more o...

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ERSA

Note 1 applies to the VOR and the 05 approach. Not a problem normally seen with NBDs.

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Final exam 2 Q28 (Aero text book)

First, be careful playing with power on stalls unless you have information regarding the stall and post stall characteristics of the particular aeropl...

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Final exam 2 Q28 (Aero text book)

If you are flying along normally you will have some angle of attack which results in the wing lift's providing almost all the upwards force value nece...

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Weight Shift Formulae (p.173 & p.190)

[color=blue]I guess I am starting to understand where my confusion is.[/color] You sure are .. it takes time to get your head around this stuff. ...

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[Update 2] Min Weight Added/ Removed (Ex. 5.13, No. 6-7) (NEW: Review Q Set 2)

[color=blue]I got 30 kg but the answer key says 70 kg.[/color] It's not a case of your being wrong. Because the two lines are of very similar slo...

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Wake Turbulence question in exam.

These sorts of questions are always a problem as the subject is not cut and dried but flavoured with many subtle variations. So, for instance, we ne...

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Turbocharged

For a given aircraft/engine combination, best range will be approximated by operating at full throttle height for the target power setting which comes...

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Weight Shift Formulae (p.173 & p.190)

OK, let's have a look at what your posts say at the moment. Please don't change the posts - if you want to do that, leave the original post(s) and w...

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Weight Shift Formulae (p.173 & p.190)

[color=blue]For forward limit problems, the CG envelope graph should be used. For aft limit problems, the flow chart method (shown above) should be u...

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Forces acting

Note the correction - [color=blue]In level flight with[/color][color=red]OUT[/color] [color=blue]any acceleration or decelerating. Lift is = to wei...

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[Update 2] Min Weight Added/ Removed (Ex. 5.13, No. 6-7) (NEW: Review Q Set 2)

[color=blue]since this is an aft limit problem (because CG of aux tanks 2800 are behind the aft limit of the aircraft 2680)[/color] Careful, I thin...

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Forces acting

It can get a bit confusing. The way we approach figuring force balances is to look at all the forces which are acting on the object under consi...

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Weight Shift Formulae (p.173 & p.190)

There are provisions for limited citing of text within the copyright rules so I wouldn't fuss too much.

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[Updated] Minimum Weight to be Added/ Removed (Ex. 5.13, No. 6-7)

[color=blue]For loading problem involving a forward limit, with aircraft weight BELOW 2360 kg (i.e. the forward limit does NOT change with weight), do...

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