Originally Posted by
Outwest
Thanks RL, I found that 2011edition. However I still don't see the +/-5 degree limit. The reason I'm interested is in the well over 100 PPC's I have conducted over the years I always used +/- 10 degrees on the runway ITO for grading purposes. If it was +/- 5 I'm afraid there would have been a lot more failures
This from the 2011 edition:
4. DEPARTURE Aim To determine the candidate’s ability to safely depart in accordance with a clearance given by ATC or a simulated clearance given by the examiner. Description The candidate will complete the departure procedures, including an instrument function check, and establish the helicopter on the enroute course, as cleared in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules. The candidate will control the helicopter solely with reference to flight instruments once in flight and above 200 feet AAE, unless otherwise specified in a departure procedure. Performance Criteria Assessment will be based on the candidate’s ability to: a) select and use the appropriate communications frequencies; b) select and identify the navigation aids associated with the proposed departure phase; c) verify that course indications correspond to the intended navigational equipment; d) perform instrument function check; Note: To avoid the shaded area of the Height Velocity Diagram, the function check of the vertical speed indicator and altimeter will be performed on the initial phase of the climb. e) safely taxi while respecting runway signs and avoiding a runway incursion; f) accomplish the applicable checklist items and perform recommended procedures; g) maintain proper helicopter control and flight within operating configurations and limitations; h) intercept, in a timely manner, all tracks, radials, and bearings appropriate to the procedure, route, or ATC clearances and instructions; i) adhere to departure and transition procedures or ATC instructions; j) maintain assigned headings (±10 degrees); k) maintain assigned tracks and bearings (±10 degrees); and l) climb to and maintain assigned altitudes (±100 feet).
If I'm missing where it says +/- 5 I will surely stand corrected.
Hi Outwest,
You are 100% correct with respect to that version, +/- 10 degrees on assigned headings. Contact your POI for the region you are in and ask what course of action they would recommend if a candidate rotated into wind from the threshold of the runway, on a low vis IFR departure, and immediately took up a heading 9 degrees off the centreline prior to reaching VTOSS? This is on a CAT A PC1 Runway Departure. I can guarantee the answer will be a unanimous failed checkride due to the flight safety being compromised. After VTOSS, +/- 10 degrees all the way.