Sunday, December 11, 2005

Commercial - VOR

VOR - Radio Navigation

If flying INBOUND towards becon - TO (and intercept radial at 90 degrees)
If flying OUTBOUND from becon - FROM (and intercept radial at 45 degres)

Reversing heading... take away 2 from 100th digit and add 2 from 10th digit
eg. 240... 060

Commercial - Airwork

Spin entry isn't taught in Private, so this was new to me.

HASEL check
Throttle to idle
Pull back on control column and let airspeed bleed to stall
Just before stall, add some power while full left rudder
-- Aircraft enters Spin
Hold on to control column (otherwise it will enter steep turn)
Power to idle
Full opposite rudder
Neutralize control colum, bring up wing
Add power, pull back on control column

Unusual Att.

If speed dropping - full power IMMEDIATELY, push down on nose
If speed increasing - idle power IMMEDIATELY, roll wing to neutral and pull up agressively

Climb / Descent

Start to level off at 10% of VSI (eg. 500 ft./min to 2000 ft. start to level off at 1950 ft.)

Side Slip

Remember to bring power to idle