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PAPI 32
15th Feb 2010, 17:53
I've grasped the Acceleration/Deceleration errors regarding the Direct Indicating Compass but does anyone know a good mnemonic for remembering the turning errors? I'm happy with the fact turning errors are max when turning through N/S and zero when turning through E/W (ignoring the liquid swirl phenomena)
Whilst I'm at it does anyone know any other good mnemonics in relation to the ATPL theory ?
I know the infamous PUDSOD for ASI errors and Cadbury’s Dairy Milk Very Tasty for remembering the sequence: Compass, Deviation, Magnetic, Variation, True, thought it would be incorrect to now use Cadburys seeing they are no longer technically existent.....................:sad:
EI-CON
15th Feb 2010, 19:02
Hey,
I love these!(I know such a flying nerd!) I use:
ANDS = accelerate apparent turn to the north, decelerate apparent turn to the south, for accelerating/decelerating
UNOS= undershoot noth, overshoot south, for turning errors.
And there is one to replace cadburys too! it does the sequence the opposite way around but I think its better as this is the way you do it when flight planning i.e. it starts with true HDG and ends with a compass HDG:
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True heading, variation, magnetic heading, deviation, compass heading:}
tigermagicjohn
15th Feb 2010, 19:22
For Electrics and Radio Nav:
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SOD PUD
SUC POC - Instruments
Dont forget for compass what is Clockwise, Anti Clockwise and Liquid Swirl :ugh:
Pitch+Power
15th Feb 2010, 23:25
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Trolle
16th Feb 2010, 07:38
Acronyms are a great way to remember stuff. ANDS, UNOS, OSUN, Some Old Hags Can't Afford Homes Till Old Age, CFAGGSLIE, ARROW, etc... I have FAA certificates, so obviously a little different in some areas.
When I was doing my ATPL tests I made up my own mnemonic tools, but here is a link to a document that also has some:
http://www.freelancepilot.nl/ATPL%20summary.pdf
I didn't end up remembering it, but I thought the tool to remember the different parts of ICAO was pretty good.
Good luck.
EI-CON
17th Feb 2010, 14:46
tigermagicjohn,
can you explain the electrics and radio nav ones? sorry my head is a bit slow these days! thanks
mcgoo
17th Feb 2010, 16:05
EI-CON, that is the radio spectrum order:
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VLF, LF, MF, HF, VHF, UHF, SHF, EHF
EI-CON
17th Feb 2010, 16:09
mcgoo,
Of course! thanks for that sorry my head is very slow these days! must have been too much pan cakes yesterday.
Thanks mcgoo:ok:
mcgoo
17th Feb 2010, 16:42
No worries, i've sent you a PM